The Nurse Is Teaching a Client About the Need for Supplemental

question 16

Multiple Choice

The nurse is teaching a client about the need for supplemental thyroid hormone following a hypophysectomy because of an anterior pituitary adenoma.The client says,"I thought thyroid hormone came from a gland in my neck." Which follow-up statement by the nurse is most appropriate?

• A)"Your thyroid gland no longer gets messages from the pituitary."
• B)"You will only need to take thyroid hormone until healing occurs."
• C)"You need this hormone because your TSH is too high since surgery."
• D)"Your thyroid gland was damaged because of the long surgical procedure."

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