In the neonatal intensive care unit, the nurse is assessing the neonate of a mother with poorly controlled diabetes. The nurse would assess the neonate for which condition?

A nurse is providing in-home management instruction for a child who is receiving desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) for symptomatic control of diabetes insipidus. What is the most important instruction the nurse to include?

A nurse is assessing a client with suspected hypopituitarism. The nurse would observe the client for which of the following?

Which statement made to a nurse by the parents of a child with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency would indicate the need for further teaching?

A nurse is teaching health to a class of fifth graders. Which information is most important for the nurse to include?

While teaching the parents of a child with short stature, the nurse discusses familial short stature. What is the most appropriate information for the nurse to include in the discussion?

A nurse is assessing a child with growth hormone deficiency. The nurse documents the assessment data as:

During the assessment of a child with growth hormone deficiency, the nurse would expect to observe which finding?

The parents of a child with growth hormone deficiency ask the nurse what sport would be best for their child to participate in. What is the most appropriate response by the nurse?

The nurse is explaining to parents the social behavior of children with hypopituitarism. The nurse determines further teaching is necessary when a parent makes which statement?

Which assessment finding would alert a nurse to change the intranasal route for vasopressin administration that has been prescribed for a client?

After a nurse has explained the causes of diabetes insipidus to the parents, which statement made by a parent indicates the need for further teaching?

When teaching parents of an infant newly diagnosed with diabetes insipidus, which statement by a parent indicates an understanding of this condition?

A client with diabetes mellitus asks the nurse what condition could possibly cause hypoglycemia. What is the best response by the nurse?

A client is learning to mix regular insulin and NPH insulin in the same syringe. Which action, if performed by the client, would indicate the need for further teaching?

When assessing a neonate for signs of diabetes insipidus, a nurse should recognize which symptom as a sign of this disorder?

A child is admitted with diabetes insipidus. The nurse asks the parents if they know about this condition. Which statement tells the nurse that the parents understand the condition?

The nurse is assessing an infant with diabetes insipidus. What initial observation would the nurse would expect?

An infant has a positive test result for diabetes insipidus. The nurse should anticipate the physician ordering a test dose of which medication?

The nurse is teaching the parents of an infant diagnosed with diabetes insipidus. What is the most important treatment for the nurse to include in teaching?

A nurse should anticipate which physiological response in an infant being tested for diabetes insipidus?

A nurse is helping parents understand when treatments of growth hormone replacement will end. What is the most important statement for the nurse to include?

A client is diagnosed with diabetes type 1. The nurse reviews the prescribed insulin regimen of regular insulin and NPH insulin with the client to be administered subcutaneously each morning. The nurse determines that teaching was effective when the client states that the onset of regular insulin begins at what point after administration?

A client has received diet instruction as part of his treatment plan for diabetes type 1. Which statement by the client indicates to the nurse that he needs additional instructions?

The nurse is assessing a 2-year-old toddler during a routine well-child visit. The nurse suspects the possibility of growth hormone deficiency when the assessment shows which finding?

A nurse is explaining diabetes insipidus to the parents of an infant with the disease. When explaining the diagnostic test that’s used, which comment by a parent would indicate an understanding of the diagnostic test?

A client tells the nurse that he has not been following his prescribed diabetes management program and is concerned because he is visiting his doctor for his routine 3-month assessment. He asks if the doctor will be able to determine his lack of compliance from the blood work. The nurse is aware that the best indicator of a client’s diabetic control over the past 2 or 3 months is which measure?

When providing information about treatments for diabetes insipidus to parents, a nurse explains the use of nasal spray and injections. Which indication might deter a parent from choosing nasal spray treatment?

The nurse suspects that a 10-year-old client with diabetes is hyperglycemic. What symptom would indicate hyperglycemia?

A nurse is teaching the parents of an infant with diabetes insipidus about an injectable drug used to treat the disorder. Which statement made by a parent would indicate the need for further teaching?