Exam 23: Endocrine Function

The nurse teaching a 79-year-old with type 2 diabetes about the importance of regular exercise suggests that the patient:

A type 2 diabetic patient is admitted to the hospital with a gastrointestinal illness and a blood glucose of 480 mg/dL.After stabilizing the patient,what action by the nurse is best?

When teaching an older patient about diet therapy,the nurse plans to assess for barriers to adherence,including which factors? (Select all that apply. )

The nurse recognizes that an older adult on both antihypertensive and antidepressant drug therapies has a specific need for:

The nurse observes signs that a patient being assessed may have an underactive thyroid.The data supporting this suspicion includes:

The nurse is preparing to provide an older,newly diagnosed diabetic patient with information regarding type 2 diabetes.The nurse initially:

The family of a patient who has type 2 diabetes calls the clinic to report a very small sore on the patient's foot.What action by the nurse is best?

The nurse is assessing an older patient with elevated plasma triglyceride levels.What other assessment finding leads the nurse to suspect metabolic syndrome? (Select all that apply. )

What assessment findings support an older patient's diagnosis of hypothyroidism?

A patient has been admitted with new atrial fibrillation.What additional diagnostic testing does the nurse anticipate?

Which assessment findings support the suspicion that an older patient has osteoporosis?

Aware that older adult patients often present with nonclassic symptoms of type 2 diabetes mellitus,the nurse is particularly suspicious of a patient reporting:

An older patient has osteoporosis and is reluctant to exercise because "I already have a bone problem,so how will it help?" What response by the nurse is best?

What assessment findings support a diagnosis of hyperthyroidism in the older adult? (Select all that apply. )

A patient has type 2 diabetes.The family reports the patient has become very forgetful.What response by the nurse is best?

Which documentation demonstrates that the nurse effectively assessed an older adult diabetic patient's cardiac status?

The nurse is teaching a newly diagnosed diabetic patient about metformin.What information does the nurse include? (Select all that apply. )

A nurse is preparing to administer metoprolol (Toprol)to an older male patient.What action by the nurse is best regarding endocrine disorders?

The nurse assessing patients for diabetes looks for the classic signs,including which of the following? (Select all that apply. )

An older patient has been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.What action by the nurse takes priority?