A Child Has Been Admitted with Suspected Pheochromocytoma

question 4

Multiple Choice

A child has been admitted with suspected pheochromocytoma.What action by the nurse takes priority?

• A) Auscultate lung sounds every 4 hours during fluid therapy.
• B) Facilitate stat laboratory draws when the child has episodic symptoms.
• C) Perform a complete abdominal assessment including palpation.
• D) Withhold water for 8 hours and collect hourly urine samples.

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Definitions:

Progesterone

A steroid hormone released by the corpus luteum that stimulates the uterus to prepare for pregnancy.

Estrogen

A group of steroid hormones that promote the development and maintenance of female characteristics of the body.

Feedback Loops

Mechanisms that use the outcomes of processes to regulate and control the processes themselves, often maintaining stability in systems.

Female Hormones

Chemical substances, such as estrogen and progesterone, produced mainly by the ovaries that regulate female reproductive functions and secondary sex characteristics.