Pharmacology for Endocrine Disorders for Nursing: Pituitary, Adrenal, Thyroid and Calcium Drugs

What is pharmacology for endocrine disorders? The endocrine glands release hormones that guide growth, energy use, electrolyte balance, and the response to stress. When a gland makes too much or too little, drugs replace the hormone or hold it back. FREE STUDY SHEET for this video, with every point in it and links into free nursing textbooks, practice questions and case studies: https://brightnursingstudent.com/Brig... Every Bright Beats video, free: https://brightnursingstudent.com/Brig... Subscribe for new videos every week, and get the free NCLEX® practice questions and case studies at BrightNursingStudent.com. SUBSCRIBE:    / @brightbeatsnursing   NCLEX®-STYLE PRACTICE QUESTIONS A nurse is teaching a client who is beginning octreotide therapy for acromegaly. Which statement by the client indicates a need for further teaching? https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... A nurse is caring for a client receiving desmopressin acetate for diabetes insipidus who reports new nausea, a headache, muscle cramps, and… https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... A nurse is caring for a client who has been taking oral prednisone for eight weeks for a rheumatic condition. Why does the nurse anticipate that… https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... A nurse is teaching a client who takes a glucocorticoid systemically for a chronic inflammatory condition. Which statement by the client indicates… https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... CASE STUDIES Everything at the 0800 Pass https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... Two Pills Stacked on the Same Morning Line https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... Two Nights Without Her Steroid https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... A New Osteoporosis Pill for a Resident Who Cannot Sit Up on Her Own https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... LESSONS Growth hormone drugs: which direction, and what the history says https://brightnursingstudent.com/less... ADH drugs: too much water, or too little https://brightnursingstudent.com/less... Systemic corticosteroids: the risks that do not look like risks https://brightnursingstudent.com/less... FLASHCARDS Bright Beats: Pharmacology for Endocrine Disorders (280 cards for this video) https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal disorder https://brightnursingstudent.com/prac... 0:00 Pharmacology for Endocrine Disorders 1:29 Part 1: The Pituitary 1:42 Growth Hormone: Somatropin 3:00 Growth Hormone Suppressants: Octreotide 4:14 More Growth Hormone Suppressants 5:30 Growth Hormone Suppressants: Nurse Does 6:38 ADH Drugs: Vasopressin and Desmopressin 8:34 Drugs for SIADH 9:53 ADH Drugs: Nurse Does 10:49 Part 2: The Adrenal Glands 11:13 Glucocorticoids 12:46 Glucocorticoids: Watch For 14:05 Never Stop Suddenly: The Taper 15:25 Glucocorticoids: Nurse Does 17:06 Replacing Adrenal Hormones 18:48 Part 3: The Thyroid 19:04 Thyroid Hormone: Levothyroxine 20:18 Thyroid Hormone: Watch For 21:41 Liothyronine and Thyroid Extract 22:30 Antithyroid Drugs: Methimazole 23:45 Propylthiouracil (PTU) 24:54 Iodine and Beta Blockers 25:42 Antithyroid Drugs: Nurse Does 26:36 Part 4: Calcium and the Parathyroids 27:02 Calcium Preparations 28:30 IV Calcium 29:24 Vitamin D 30:25 Calcimimetics: Cinacalcet 31:19 Bisphosphonates 32:45 Calcitonin 33:46 Calcium and Bone Drugs: Nurse Does 34:29 Recap 35:44 Free study sheet For nursing students, practical (LPN/LVN) and registered (RN), in class and getting ready for the NCLEX®. The practice questions and case studies are free with a free BrightNursingStudent.com account. For education only, not medical advice. NCLEX® is a registered trademark of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. (NCSBN®), which does not sponsor or endorse this video. #nursing #nursingstudent #pharmacology #nclex #medsurg