Exam 18: Gastrointestinal Alterations

Nursing priorities for the management of acute pancreatitis include:

The nurse is assessing a patient admitted with pancreatitis.In doing so,the nurse

The nurse is caring for a patient with the diagnosis of sepsis.The patient is on a ventilator in the critical care unit,and is receiving a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)to reduce the risk for a stress ulcer.In this scenario,a stress ulcer is likely to be secondary to

When caring for the patient with upper GI bleeding,the nurse assesses for which of the following?

The patient is admitted for GI bleeding,but the source is unknown.Before ordering endoscopy,the provider orders octreotide to be given intravenously.The purpose of this medication is to

The nurse is assessing the patient and notices that the oral cavity is only slightly moist and contains a scant amount of thick saliva even though the patient's fluid intake has been sufficient.The nurses realizes that the condition of the patient's mouth is probably caused by

The nurse is caring for a patient with severe ascites due to chronic liver failure.The patient is lying supine in bed and complaining of difficulty breathing.The nurse's first action should be to

After gastric bypass surgery,the patient is getting vitamin B₁₂ injections.The patient asks about the purpose of this vitamin.The nurse explains that

The nurse is caring for a patient with liver disease.When assessing the patient's laboratory values,the nurse should

The patient is being admitted with GI bleeding.Blood work includes serial hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.The nurse understands that

Trends in nutritional management of the patient with pancreatitis are changing.As a result,the nurse understands that

The patient is admitted with upper GI bleeding following an episode of forceful retching following excessive alcohol intake.The nurse suspects a Mallory-Weiss tear and is aware that