MEDizzy - The nurse evaluates the care provided to a client

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Kaplan Practice Test

The nurse evaluates the care provided to a client hospitalized for treatment of adrenal crisis. Which of the following changes would indicate to the nurse that the client is responding favorably to medical and nursing treatment?

ExplanationHypotension S/S of adrenal insufficiency; without treatment Na+ level falls, resulting in volume depletion and hypotension; K+ rises, resulting in cardiac dysrhythmias.