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CCNS Certified Clinical Nurse Specialist

Category - Pediatrics

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An eighteen-year-old patient is scheduled for a thyroidectomy. She is concerned that the surgery will interfere with her ability to become pregnant. The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that:
  1. Hyperthyroidism can cause abortions and fetal anomalies
  2. Pregnancy is not advisable for a patient with a thyroidectomy
  3. As long as medication is taken as ordered, ovulation will occur
  4. Pregnancy affects metabolism and will require the thyroid hormone
Explanation
Answer - C - The nurse bases the response on the knowledge that as long as medication is taken as ordered, ovulation will occur. Medication is regulated to maintain the usual blood levels of thyroxine; therefore, ovulation is not affected and future pregnancy is possible.
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