Exam 21: Gastrointestinal Clinical Assessment and Diagnostic Procedures

When assessing the gastrointestinal system, the order of assessment progresses in which of the following?

The patient has just returned from a liver biopsy.The patient should be positioned on the

Which of the following findings is considered an abnormal gastrointestinal assessment finding?

Identify anatomic structures that are found in the left upper quadrant.

Upon auscultation, the nurse hears borborygmi.This is a change in the patient's condition.The nurse suspects the patient maybe experiencing

Which of the following serum laboratory values is increased in acute pancreatitis?

A health care provider has ordered an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging)of the liver.The nurse's first action is to

When assessing the abdomen, how long must the nurse listen to the abdomen to be able to accurately chart that bowel sounds are absent?

Inspection of the GI system should include the

A 78-year-old patient was admitted to the critical care unit with cirrhosis of the liver.In cirrhosis of the liver, which of the following laboratory values is expected to drop?

Identify anatomic structures that are found in the right lower quadrant.

Which radiographic test would be used to identify pseudocysts of the pancreas?

Identify anatomic structures that are found in the right upper quadrant.

Signs and symptoms of which condition include nausea, localized right lower quadrant guarding and tenderness after 12 to 24 hours, fever, and an elevated white blood cell count?

Steatorrhea is determined by which laboratory study?

Potential complications of an endoscopy include

Which of the following diagnostic procedures is used to identify gallstones and hepatic abscesses?

The best diagnostic test for the determination of upper gastrointestinal bleeding is

Nursing management of the patient undergoing an angiogram includes

Identify anatomic structures that are found in the left lower quadrant.