[Expert Solution]: Q25

Q25. A client with hypothyroidism asks the nurse if she will still need to take thyroid medication during the pregnancy. The nurse’s response is based on the knowledge that: geoquad There is no need to take thyroid medication because the fetur’s thyroid produces a thyroid-stimulating hormone. geoquad Regulation of thyroid medication is more diffoult because the thyroid gland increases in sixe during pregnancy. geoquad It is more difficult to maintain thyroid regulation during pregnancy due to a slowing of metabolism. geoquad Fetal growth is arrested if thyroid medication is continued during pregnancy.