1. Frank Smith is a 42-year-old patient diagnosed with pituitary prolactinoma, a benign tumor that arises from the pituitary gland, resulting in a decrease in libido and impotence and increased milk production of the breast.

1. Frank Smith is a 42-year-old patient diagnosed with pituitary prolactinoma, a benign

tumor that arises from the pituitary gland, resulting in a decrease in libido and impotence

and increased milk production of the breast. The patient also has complaints of headache

and drowsiness and the presence of visual field changes and papilledema preoperatively.

(Learning Objective 6)

a.What postoperative care should the nurse provide the patient?

b.The patient’s family asks the nurse how will they know that the problems the

patient had before surgery have stopped; what is the nurse’s best response?

c.What management strategies should the nurse anticipate will be ordered to care

for diabetes insipidus if it occurs?

d.What discharge instructions should the nurse provide the patient and family?