Title: Apply the nursing process for a client with a disorder of the endocrine system.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Applying the Nursing Process to the Adult Client

Application should include

- identifying factors in the prevention of endocrine system disorders
- describing the steps in nursing assessment
- nursing management in diagnostic tests
- describing procedures with related equipment
- using skills involved with related procedures
- using nursing management of selected disorders
- describing diagnoses and plan of care
- identifying pharmacological management and dietary plan
- providing educational guidelines.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What factors are related to the prevention of disorders of the endocrine system?
- What are the steps included in the nursing assessment of endocrine system disorders?
- What is the purpose of and nursing management for diagnostic tests, such as
  - blood chemistry
  - urine testing
  - radionuclide studies
  - thyroid scan
  - biopsy
  - radiography?
- How can one demonstrate the procedures related to Trousseau's sign and Chvostek's sign?
- What skills are required for blood glucose monitoring, subcutaneous injections, and testing urine for glucose and acetone?
- How would one explain the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, nursing management, and treatment modalities of disorders (e.g., endemic goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, acromegaly, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, Cushing's syndrome, and Addison's disease)?
- What are nursing diagnoses related to the client with an endocrine disorder?