A nurse is caring for a client who was prescribed high-dose corticosteroid therapy for 1 month to treat a severe inflammatory condition. The client's symptoms have now resolved and the client asks, When can I stop taking these medications?
How should the nurse respond?
a.
It is possible for the inflammation to recur if you stop the medication.
b.
Once you start corticosteroids, you have to be weaned off them.
c.
You must decrease the dose slowly so your hormones will work again.
d.
The drug suppresses your immune system, which must be built back up.
Question 2
A nurse cares for a client with adrenal hyperfunction. The client screams at her husband, bursts into tears, and throws her water pitcher against the wall. She then tells the nurse, I feel like I am going crazy. How should the nurse respond?
a. I will ask your doctor to order a psychiatric consult for you.
b. You feel this way because of your hormone levels.
c. Can I bring you information about support groups?
d. I will close the door to your room and restrict visitors.
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