The health care provider has ordered a serum cortisol level to rule out adrenal dysfunction in a client who is a night security guard who works from 11 PM to 7 AM and normally sleeps from 8 AM to 4 PM. When should the test be drawn to ensure the most reliable test results?

A patient is taking high doses of prednisone to control the symptoms of an acute exacerbation of systemic lupus erythematosus. When teaching the patient about the use of prednisone, which information is most important for the nurse to include?

When a client eats a bag of potato chips, the nurse recognizes that hypernatremia is likely to occur if the client is experiencing a decreased production of which hormone?

Which insulin should never be mixed with any other?

After receiving change-of-shift report about these four patients, which patient should the nurse assess first?

Which patient would the nurse perform extra monitoring when prescribed corticosteriod therapy?

A client with a possible pheochromocytoma is admitted to the hospital for evaluation and diagnostic testing. During an attack, what should the nurse  expect the client to experience?

Which of the following assessments would indicate that a client who is hospitalized with acute adrenal insufficiency is responding favorably to treatment?

A patient receives a daily injection of 70/30 NPH/regular insulin premix at 7:00 AM. The nurse should expect that a hypoglycemic reaction would most likely occur around which of the following times?

A client with diabetes insipidus is treated with nasal desmopressin (DDAVP). The nurse recognizes that the drug is having an inadequate pharmacologic effect when the client has which of the following symptoms occurring?