Chapter 38 Assessment of Gastrointestinal System: 10 Edition
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Chapter 38: Assessment of Gastrointestinal System
MULTIPLE CHOICE
- Question: Which information about an 80-year-old man at the senior center is of most concern to the nurse?
- Question: A 62- year-old man reports chronic constipation. To promote bowel evacuation, the nurse will suggest that the patient attempt defecation
- Question: When caring for a patient with a history of a total gastrectomy, the nurse will monitor for
- Question: The nurse will plan to monitor a patient with an obstructed common bile duct for
- Question: The nurse receives the following information about a 51-year-old woman who is scheduled for a colonoscopy. Which information should be communicated to the health care provider before sending the patient for the procedure?
- Question: Which statement to the nurse from a patient with jaundice indicates a need for teaching?
- Question: To palpate the liver during a head-to-toe physical assessment, the nurse
- Question: Which finding by the nurse during abdominal auscultation indicates a need for a focused abdominal assessment?
- Question: After assisting with a needle biopsy of the liver at a patients bedside, the nurse should
- Question: A 42-year-old woman is admitted to the outpatient testing area for an ultrasound of the gallbladder. Which information obtained by the nurse indicates that the ultrasound may need to be rescheduled?
- Question: The nurse is assessing an alert and independent 78-year-old woman for malnutrition risk. The most appropriate initial question is which of the following?
- Question: A 54-year-old man has just arrived in the recovery area after an upper endoscopy. Which information collected by the nurse is most important to communicate to the health care provider?
- Question: A 30-year-old man is being admitted to the hospital for elective knee surgery. Which assessment finding is
- Question: A 58-year-old woman has just returned to the nursing unit after an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Which action by unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) requires that the registered nurse (RN) intervene?
- Question: A patient is being scheduled for endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) as soon as possible. Which actions from the agency policy for ERCP should the nurse take first?
- Question: While interviewing a 30-year-old man, the nurse learns that the patient has a family history of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). The nurse will plan to assess the patients knowledge about
- Question: Which area of the abdomen shown in the accompanying figure will the nurse palpate to assess for splenomegaly?
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