NR565 Final Exam Study Guide
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Week 5
- Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
- What adjunctive therapy is good to prescribe to control symptoms of hyperthyroidism
other than thyroid specif
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NR565 Final Exam Study Guide
Page | 1
Week 5
- Signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism
- What adjunctive therapy is good to prescribe to control symptoms of hyperthyroidism
other than thyroid specific medications?
o Know drug classes and examples of those drug classes.
- Monitoring needs and intervals for thyroid medications.
- Propylthiouracil (PTU) carries a risk for liver toxicity. Although rare, the FDA
recommends against using PTU as a first-line treatment due to potential for hepatic
toxicity.
- Effects of maternal hypothyroidism on offspring and appropriate patient teaching related
to need for treatment.
- Patient teaching for thyroid medications.
- What drug class can interfere with the assessment and monitoring of diabetes and why?
o You will need connect pathophysiology information of medications and diabetes
together. Think about alpha and beta cells.
- HgbA1C goals- what are they generally? Review goal guidelines for different age
groups within the ADA DM Guidelines linked in the Endocrine Case Studies and on your
Student Lesson Plan.
- Review diagnostic criteria and process for DM
- Know mechanism of action and contraindications for DM drug classes.
- Know examples of DM drug classes.
- Be familiar with treatment algorithm for DM and when to increase or decrease insulin.
- Be familiar with frequency of Hgb A1C monitoring timeline.
- Know when to start insulin.
- Know how insulin is mixed (combination and amount) when Total Daily Dose is
calculated (TDD).
- Know what type of insulin and how much is needed according to carbohydrate intake.
- Know insulin types with examples
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