Corticosteroids Side Effects Quiz for Nursing

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2. Patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy require monitoring for which metabolic condition?

Hypothyroidism

Hyperglycemia and diabetes

Hyperlipidemia only

Hypoparathyroidism

3. Which condition is a contraindication to corticosteroid use?

Active infection without antibiotic coverage

Mild hypertension

Seasonal allergies

Mild anxiety

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6. Which vaccine should NOT be given to patients on high-dose corticosteroids?

Inactivated flu vaccine

Live attenuated vaccines

Pneumococcal vaccine

Tetanus vaccine

7. A patient taking corticosteroids develops cataracts and glaucoma. These are examples of which type of side effect?

Neurological

Ocular

Dermatological

Hematological

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9. Which GI complication is a significant concern with corticosteroid use?

Peptic ulcer disease

Celiac disease

Crohn disease only

Irritable bowel syndrome

10. Corticosteroids suppress the HPA axis. What does HPA stand for?

Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal

Hepatic-Pancreatic-Arterial

Hypothalamic-Parathyroid-Abdominal

Hemolytic-Platelet-Allergic

11. Corticosteroids work primarily by suppressing which immune response?

Innate immunity only

Adaptive immunity only

Both innate and adaptive immunity

Complement cascade exclusively

12. Corticosteroids can cause psychiatric side effects. Which is most common?

Schizophrenia

Mood elevation or depression

Autism spectrum changes

Dementia

13. Which corticosteroid is most commonly used for systemic anti-inflammatory effects?

Dexamethasone

Prednisone

Hydrocortisone

Betamethasone

14. Patients withdrawing from long-term corticosteroid therapy should taper gradually to prevent which complication?

Acute adrenal crisis

Thyroid storm

Hypoglycemic shock

Anaphylaxis

15. A patient on corticosteroids develops hyperglycemia. Which metabolic effect explains this?

Increased insulin secretion

Decreased gluconeogenesis

Increased insulin resistance

Enhanced glucose uptake

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17. Which electrolyte imbalance is most commonly associated with corticosteroid use?

Hyperkalemia

Hyponatremia

Hypokalemia

Hypercalcemia

18. Corticosteroids increase the risk of infection by which mechanism?

Increasing white blood cell production

Suppressing cell-mediated immunity

Enhancing antibody synthesis

Promoting lymphocyte maturation

19. A patient on prolonged corticosteroid therapy develops central obesity and a buffalo hump. This is characteristic of which syndrome?

Addison syndrome

Cushing syndrome

Conn syndrome

Graves disease

20. Which gland is suppressed when a patient takes systemic corticosteroids long-term?

Thyroid gland

Adrenal cortex

Pancreas

Pituitary anterior lobe

Steroid Quiz: Can You Catch the Side Effects?

1. A patient on corticosteroids develops a round face and fat redistribution. The medical term for this appearance is ____.

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Patients on long-term corticosteroid therapy require monitoring for which metabolic condition?

3. Which condition is a contraindication to corticosteroid use?

4. A patient on corticosteroids develops proximal muscle weakness. This side effect is called ____.

5. Corticosteroids inhibit phospholipase A2, which reduces the production of inflammatory ____ and leukotrienes.

6. Which vaccine should NOT be given to patients on high-dose corticosteroids?

7. A patient taking corticosteroids develops cataracts and glaucoma. These are examples of which type of side effect?

8. Corticosteroids increase sodium reabsorption in the kidneys, leading to ____.

9. Which GI complication is a significant concern with corticosteroid use?

10. Corticosteroids suppress the HPA axis. What does HPA stand for?

11. Corticosteroids work primarily by suppressing which immune response?

12. Corticosteroids can cause psychiatric side effects. Which is most common?

13. Which corticosteroid is most commonly used for systemic anti-inflammatory effects?

14. Patients withdrawing from long-term corticosteroid therapy should taper gradually to prevent which complication?

15. A patient on corticosteroids develops hyperglycemia. Which metabolic effect explains this?

16. Long-term corticosteroid therapy increases the risk of osteoporosis by decreasing bone ____.

17. Which electrolyte imbalance is most commonly associated with corticosteroid use?

18. Corticosteroids increase the risk of infection by which mechanism?

19. A patient on prolonged corticosteroid therapy develops central obesity and a buffalo hump. This is characteristic of which syndrome?

20. Which gland is suppressed when a patient takes systemic corticosteroids long-term?