Which electrolyte imbalance would the nurse expect a patient to have in myxedema coma?

A 65-year-old woman is brought to the ED by ambulance after fainting. Physical examination reveals central-type obesity with a fatty buffalo hump in the neck, hirsutism, thin and fragile extremities with ecchymotic areas, hypertension, and mild congestive heart failure. She informs the nurse that she has experienced extreme weakness and fatigue during the past month and that her sleep patterns have become altered. The nurse realizes that the patient’s signs and symptoms are characteristic of:

Prevention of which potential complication is the goal of nursing care for a patient with SIADH:

Which medication should the nurse prepare forimmediate administration got a patient with adrenal crisis?

The nurse learns that a patient is iodine-sensitive and is in thyroid crisis. Based on this information, which drug would the nurse expect to be included in the treatment plan?

The nurse would expect the management of a patient with HHNK to differ from that of a patient with DKA because the patient with HHNK requires:

All of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate for a patient with HHNK except:

Paramedics bring a 66-year-old woman to the ED. Her blood pressure is 104/58 mmHg, pulse rate 44 beats/minute, respiratory rate 14 breaths/minute, and temperature 92.4o F (33.6oC). No medical history is available, except for the patient’s statement of not feeling well for the past month. Physical examination reveals a lethargic, thin woman with dry skin and periorbital and facial edema. Bilateral pulmonary congestion is noted. EKG monitoring shows sinus bradycardia. The physician diagnoses impending myxedema coma. The patient remains hypothermic, with a temperature of 95o F (35oC). An appropriate nursing intervention would be to:

A friend brings a 25-year-old man to the ED. The patient had been complaining of blurred vision, headache, slurred speech, and weakness. He is now comatose. Earlier in the morning, he had been playing tennis. Immediate laboratory studies indicate a serum glucose level of 34 mg/dL. The nurse suspects that this patient’s symptoms resulted from:

The nurse would expect the initial treatment of this patient to include all of the following except: