Patient diagnosed with pituitary prolactinoma

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1. Frank Smith is a 42-year-old patient diagnosed with pituitary prolactinoma, a benign tumor that arises from the pituitary gland, resulting in a decrease in libido and impotence and increased milk production of the breast. The patient also has complaints of headache and drowsiness and the presence of visual field changes and papilledema preoperatively. (Learning Outcome 4)

a. What postoperative care should the nurse provide the patient?

b. The patient's family asks the nurse how will they know that the problems the patient had before surgery have stopped; what is the nurse's best response?

c. What management strategies should the nurse anticipate will be ordered to care for diabetes insipidus if it occurs?

d. What discharge instructions should the nurse provide the patient and family?

2. John Moore, a 22-year-old patient who weighs 150 pounds, presents to the emergency department (ED) after being thrown from his horse and passing out for a few minutes; he regained consciousness. The friend who was also riding a horse called the squad. The patient presented with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) of 15, and the neurologic examination was within normal limits (WNL). The ED provider wrote the orders for a CT scan without contrast

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