Heres the answer to your midweek #NCLEX Mastery Question of the Day. The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a patient who underwent a bilateral adrenalectomy. Which of the following should the nurse include? visit: nclexmastery A. Avoid physical and emotional stress •After a bilateral adrenalectomy, the patient cannot secrete stress hormones to maintain homeostasis during stressful situations. The patient should be instructed to avoid physical and emotional stressors. •Althought antihypertensive medication is not indicated due to the lack of catecholamine secretion, patients with a bilateral adrenalectomy will still require lifelong low doses of steroids. •A Medic-Alert band is required.
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