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The nurse is preparing the care plan for a client diagnosed with pheochromocytoma. The nurse understands that pheochromocytoma causes what problem?

A female client is seen at the physician’s office with complaints of muscle weakness and pain in the lower extremities. The nurse also notes the client has a very prominent forehead and jaw and her tongue is protruding from her mouth. The physician is testing her pituitary function. The nurse suspects that the client may have:

A nurse is caring for a client who is admitted to the hospital with the diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism. Which action should be included in this client’s plan of care?

Comprehensive: The nurse is reviewing lab results for a client with heart failure. The nurse notes that the client is hyponatremic. What would the nurse identify as contributing factors? Select all that apply.

The intravenous prescription is 3000 mL of 5% dextrose in water (D5W) to run over a 24-hour period.  The drop factor is 10 gtt/mL.  The nurse plans to adjust the flow rate to how many gtt/minute?

What intervention is most important to include in the plan of care for a client with Cushing’s syndrome?

Order: Levothyroxine 0.25mg dailySupply: Levothyroxine 125 mcg tabletsHow many tablet(s) will the nurse administer to the client?

Outputs can be placed into 2 classes:  those that serve the current wants or needs and those that serve the ________________________

Based on your knowledge of demand, which individual will demand more healthcare?    

Risk shifting is considered an output of the healthcare sector because it shifts the risk of loss from an illness from the individual to a(n) ______________  ____________________.