The NSG 451 Endocrine Exam 4 Preparation (2025/2026 Updated Edition) is a focused, high-yield review resource designed to prepare BSN nursing students for comprehensive assessment of endocrine system disorders commonly tested in Adult Health Nursing cours

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NSG 451 – ENDOCRINE (EXAM 4)
PREPARATION: 2025/2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS



What system controls and regulates
- energy production
- growth
- fluid and electrolyte balance
- stress response
- sexual development - ANSWERS ✔
✔endocrine


How does the endocrine system regulate
everything? - ANSWERS ✔ ✔secreting
hormones

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When do endocrine glands develop? -
ANSWERS ✔ ✔first trimester of gestation


_____________ cannot fully regulate fluid
concentration, electrolytes, amino acids,
glucose, and trace substances - ANSWERS ✔
✔infants


What s/s may these indicate:
- high and dry
- increased urination
- hypernatremia
- serum osmolality > 300 mOsm/kg
- urine spec gravity < 1.005
- decreased urine osmolality

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- dehydration, thirst
- under secretion of ADH - ANSWERS ✔
✔diabetes insipidus


What s/s may these indicate:
- low and wet
- decreased urination
- hyponatremia
- serum osmolality < 280 mOsm/kg
- urine spec gravity > 1.030
- increased urine osmolality
- fluid retention, weight gain, increased BP
- hypersecretion of ADH - ANSWERS ✔ ✔SIADH