Exam 29: Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Screening at 24 weeks of gestation reveals that a pregnant woman is experiencing gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM).In planning her care,the nurse and the client mutually agree that an expected outcome is to prevent injury to the fetus because of GDM.This fetus is at the greatest risk for which condition?

Several metabolic changes occur throughout pregnancy.Which physiologic adaptation of pregnancy will influence the nurse's plan of care?

A serious but uncommon complication of undiagnosed or partially treated hyperthyroidism is a thyroid storm,which may occur in response to stress such as infection,birth,or surgery.What are the signs and symptoms of this emergency disorder? (Select all that apply. )

Which major neonatal complication is carefully monitored after the birth of the infant of a diabetic mother?

The nurse who is caring for a woman hospitalized for hyperemesis gravidarum would expect the initial treatment to involve what?