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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

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A nurse is caring for a seventeen-year-old patient who had a subtotal thyroidectomy. When discussing drug therapy, the nurse should tell the patient and the parents:
  1. To take the iodine daily to increase the formation of the thyroid hormone
  2. To report palpitations, tremors, or loss of weight, which may indicate overdosage
  3. That the need for medication will be temporary until the body adjusts to post surgical activities
  4. That PTU may be ordered to stimulate the secretion of the TSH
Explanation
Answer - B - When discussing drug therapy, the nurse should tell the patient and the parents to report palpitations, tremors, or loss of weight, which may indicate overdosage. Excessive thyroid hormone replacement may lead to the signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism.
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