A Nurse Is Caring for a Seventeen-Year-Old Patient Who Had

A nurse is caring for a seventeen-year-old patient who had a subtotal thyroidectomy. When discussing drug therapy, the nurse should tell the patient and the parents:

A) To take the iodine daily to increase the formation of the thyroid hormone
B) To report palpitations, tremors, or loss of weight, which may indicate overdosage
C) That the need for medication will be temporary until the body adjusts to post surgical activities
D) That PTU may be ordered to stimulate the secretion of the TSH