The nurse is caring for a client who had deep brain surgery that ...

[pragya sharda]

The nurse is caring for a client who had deep brain surgery that resulted in damage to the hypothalamus. The nurse recognizes that the client's deficit of all pituitary hormones is related to the location of the hypothalamus, which is found:
 
  1. just anterior to the occipital lobe of the brain.
  2. in the diencephalon, just above the brainstem.
  3. deep within the brainstem.
  4. within the parietal lobe of the brain.

Question 2

A client being treated for breast cancer is prescribed tamoxifen. What should the nurse instruct the client about this medication's mechanism of action?
 
  Standard Text: Select all that apply.
  1. This medication is an antihormone.
  2. This medication blocks the action of estrogen.
  3. This medication replaces a hormone in the body.
  4. This medication will shrink the breast tumor.
  5. This medication will cause the breast cancer to become more aggressive.

[CourtneyCNorton]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: The hypothalamus is not located anterior to the occipital lobe of the brain.
Rationale 2: The hypothalamus is located in the center of the diencephalon, just superior to the brainstem.
Rationale 3: The hypothalamus is not located deep within the brainstem.
Rationale 4: The hypothalamus is not located within the parietal lobe of the brain.
Global Rationale: The hypothalamus is located in the center of the diencephalon, just superior to the brainstem.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 1,2
Rationale 1: Tamoxifen is an antihormone because it blocks the action of estrogen in estrogen-receptor-dependent breast cancers.
Rationale 2: Tamoxifen is an antihormone because it blocks the action of estrogen in estrogen-receptor-dependent breast cancers.
Rationale 3: Tamoxifen is not a hormone replacement medication.
Rationale 4: Tamoxifen will not shrink the breast tumor.
Rationale 5: Tamoxifen will not cause the breast cancer to become more aggressive.
Global Rationale: Tamoxifen is an antihormone because it blocks the action of estrogen in estrogen-receptor-dependent breast cancers. It is not a hormone replacement medication, is not given to shrink the existing tumor, and will not cause breast cancer to become more aggressive.

[pragya sharda]

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[CourtneyCNorton]

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