{"id":133678,"date":"2024-08-24T14:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T14:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=133678"},"modified":"2024-08-24T14:25:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T14:25:45","slug":"a-nurse-is-assessing-a-client-for-a-positive-chvosteks-sign-following-a-thyroidectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/24\/a-nurse-is-assessing-a-client-for-a-positive-chvosteks-sign-following-a-thyroidectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"A nurse is assessing a client for a positive Chvostek&#8217;s sign following a thyroidectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A nurse is assessing a client for a positive Chvostek&#8217;s sign following a thyroidectomy. Which of the following areas on the client&#8217;s head should the nurse tap to assess the client for tetany?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To assess for a positive Chvostek&#8217;s sign, the nurse should tap on the client&#8217;s <strong>facial nerve<\/strong>, specifically on the area of the face just anterior to the ear and slightly below the zygomatic (cheek) bone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chvostek&#8217;s sign is a clinical indicator of hypocalcemia, which can occur after a thyroidectomy due to potential damage or removal of the parathyroid glands, leading to low calcium levels.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To test for Chvostek&#8217;s sign, the nurse taps the facial nerve in this region. A positive sign is indicated by a twitching or contraction of the facial muscles on the same side of the face where the nerve is tapped, which suggests neuromuscular excitability associated with hypocalcemia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A nurse is assessing a client for a positive Chvostek&#8217;s sign following a thyroidectomy. Which of the following areas on the client&#8217;s head should the nurse tap to assess the client for tetany? To assess for a positive Chvostek&#8217;s sign, the nurse should tap on the client&#8217;s facial nerve, specifically on the area of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-133678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133678\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}