Which of the following are common cardiac signs with hyperthyroidism?

What is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism?

Most pituitary adenomas are non functional (incidentalomas). Of the functional adenomas, which are the most common?

You are taking care of a 66-year old female who complains of weight gain, lethargy, dry skin, hair loss, constipation, and increased cold sensitivity. Based upon this assessment, you feel that the most likely diagnosis is which of the following?

A male client presents to the outpatient clinic for care for recently diagnosed hyperparathyroidism. He has been undergoing care for this condition. The nurse recognizes this patient will be at risk for several clinical manifestations.

All of the following are signs and symptoms associated with hyperparathyroidism except __________.

What HbA1c level is diagnostic for type II diabetes?

What is the most common sign of primary hyperparathyroidism?

A 35-year-old male client presents to the emergency department after wife found him unresponsive at home. The wife informs the nurse her husband is a diabetic, and had not taken his insulin for the past two days. The client appears flushed, breathing is rapid and deep, and has a fruity smell on the breath.

The nurse suspects this presentation is diabetic ketoacidosis, which diagnostic finding would confirm this pathology?

You are the nurse taking care of a patient hospitalized for two months for sepsis. The patient had been receiving 40 mg of prednisone daily for the last two weeks for airway inflammation, and now, for the last three days, given symptomatic improvement, his physician lowers his prednisone dose to 5 mg daily. Today, you assess the patient and he is lethargic and hypotensive, with a serum glucose of 52 and serum sodium of 131. Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis?

You are the nurse taking care of a 23-year old patient who complains of anxiety, diaphoresis, palpitations, diarrhea, weight loss, and tremors. When examining them you notice exophthalmos and eyelid lag. The most likely diagnosis in your patient is which of the following?