Exam 31: Management of Clients with Digestive Disorders

A client is taking cortisone. The nurse schedules the medication with food because cortisone can have which effect on gastric mucosa when given on an empty stomach? Cortisone will cause

A client in the emergency department is hemorrhaging from a peptic ulcer and is being prepared quickly for emergency surgery. The nurse notes that the client is crying and reaches for the nurse frequently. The best response by the nurse to this client is to

The nurse is caring for a client with chronic atrophic gastritis. When taking an admission history, the nurse would anticipate a history of