Exam 17: Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation

If the patient has a problem with the pineal gland,which substance would the nurse monitor?

A patient wants to know why ADH is important in the body.What is the nurse's best response? ADH is important in:

A 50-year-old male with one kidney had to undergo surgery for an adrenal tumor.His zona glomerulosa was largely removed during the surgery.The nurse would expect the removal of this tumor to result in a decrease in:

Which principle should the nurse include while planning care for a patient with an ADH problem? ADH release from the posterior pituitary is stimulated by:

A nurse is teaching the staff about oxytocin.Which information should the nurse include? Target cells for oxytocin are located in the:

A 30-year-old male is diagnosed with a hormone-secreting tumor of the pancreas alpha cells.Which of the following would the nurse expect to be most likely increased in this patient?

When catecholamines are released in a patient,what should the nurse assess for?

A 30-year-old male was diagnosed with hypothyroidism.Synthesis of which of the following would decrease in this patient?

A nurse is teaching staff about protein hormones.Which information should the nurse include? One of the protein hormones is:

A 40-year-old male undergoes surgery for a PTH-secreting tumor in which the parathyroid is removed.Which of the following would the nurse expect following surgery?

A nurse is reviewing lab results.Which of the following lab results would slow down the rate of parathyroid hormone secretion?

When a patient asks about target cell receptors,which is the nurse's best response? Target cell receptors for most water-soluble hormones are located in the:

A 70-year-old female has brittle bones secondary to osteoporosis.Her primary care provider prescribes calcitonin to:

Elevated levels of glucocorticoids result in which of the following assessment findings? (Select all that apply.)

When a staff member asks the nurse which gland secretes ADH and oxytocin,how should the nurse respond?

A patient has high levels of hormones.To adapt to the high hormone concentrations,the patient's target cells have the capacity for: