Exam 31: Management of Clients with Digestive Disorders

A nurse is assessing a client with a history of a duodenal ulcer. Which finding is consistent with the nurse's knowledge about this condition?

The client with chronic gastritis is experiencing abdominal pain. In order to provide the client the fastest relief, the nurse plans to administer

A nurse is caring for a patient who had surgery and will be receiving chemotherapy and radiation treatment for stage III gastric cancer. The client is planning several extensive trips after the chemotherapy and radiation are finished. Which statement by the nurse is most appropriate at this time?

An important health promotion activity for nurses to teach clients with chronic gastritis is to

Ranitidine (Zantac) is prescribed for a client with a gastric ulcer. The statement that best indicates to the nurse that the client understands the action of this drug is

A nurse is inserting a nasogastric (NG) tube. Put the steps in the correct order.(select all that apply)

A nurse is caring for a client with severe burns. The client complains of abdominal pain and begins vomiting blood. The nurse anticipates diagnostic testing to determine if the client has developed

Before tube insertion, the nurse performs the NEX measurement, which is the

A client with acute gastritis is admitted to the emergency department for GI bleeding. The nurse would anticipate the client's history will include

An older male client with chronic gastritis asks the nurse, "Do you think I'll get gastric cancer?" The most accurate response by the nurse is

A client with a duodenal ulcer complains of a sudden onset of severe pain. In which order should the nurse perform the following activities? (select all that apply)

The nurse is monitoring a client who has had gastric surgery for manifestations of dumping syndrome. The nurse should be particularly watchful for the early manifestation of

Priority nursing actions to achieve critical goals in the postoperative period for a client who has just returned from a Billroth II procedure should include

A client needs insertion of a long tube for intestinal decompression. The tube that is inappropriate for intestinal decompression is the

A client asks the nurse about the prescribed diet after gastric surgery. The nurse clarifies that a high-protein, high-fat, low-carbohydrate, dry diet is the best choice after gastric surgery because this diet

A nurse is instructing a client with a peptic ulcer on recommended dietary changes. A goal of teaching has been met when the client states that he/she will avoid which of the following beverages?

The nurse planning to irrigate a nasogastric (NG) tube prepares to use

A nurse is teaching health promotion measures to a support group for clients who are at high risk for gastric cancer. Important health promotion measures to advise the clients include (select all that apply)

The nurse administers alternating doses of two antacids into the NG tube of a client with a duodenal ulcer. The finding that best indicates that this drug regimen has been successful is

The nurse has just finished inserting a nasogastric (NG) tube in a client who has difficulty swallowing. The best measure to test for placement of the tube is