Lewis Questions Gastrointestinal Flashcards
During The assessment of the patient with acute abdominal pain, the nurse should
Measure body temperature because an elevated temperature might indicate an inflammatory or infectious process
The nurse would increase the comfort of a patient with appendicitis by
Flexing the patients right knee
When planning care for the patient with Crohn’s disease, the nurse recognizes that a major difference between ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease is that Crohn’s disease
Crohn’s disease often reoccurs after surgery whereas colitis is curable with a colectomy
The nurse performs a detailed assessment of the abdomen of a patient with a possible bowel obstruction, knowing that a manifestation of an obstruction in the large intestine is
A largely distended abdomen and also a persistent colicky abdominal pain
A patient with metastatic colon rectal cancer was scheduled for both chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Patient teaching regarding these therapies for this patient would include an explanation that
Both chemotherapy and radiation can be used as palliative treatment
The nurse explains to the patient undergoing ostomy surgery that the procedure that maintains the most normal functioning of the bowel is
A sigmoid colostomy
In contrast to diverticulitis the patient with diverticulosis
Often has no symptoms
Nursing intervention that is appropriate to decrease post operative Edema and pain following an inguinal hernia repair is
A playing scrabble support with an ice bag 😂😂😂
(haha, not Scabble- darn auto correct! ) apply support to the area and an ice pack
During an assessment of a patient with obstructive jaundice the nurse would expect to find
Clay colored stools
A patient with hepatitis a is in the acute phase. The nurse plans care for the patient based on the knowledge that
Pruritis is a common problem with jaundice and this phase
A patient with hepatitis B is being discharged in two days. And the discharge teaching the nurse should include instructions to
Use a condom during sexual intercourse
Patient has been told that she has elevated liver enzyme’s caused by nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. The nurse is teaching should include
Recommending a healthy heart diet
The nurse explained to the patient with acute pancreatitis that the most common pathogenic mechanism of the disorder is
Auto digestion of the pancreas
Nursing management of the patient with acute pancreatitis includes
Checking for signs of hypocalcemia and monitoring for infection particularly respiratory infection
A patient with pancreatic cancer is admitted to the hospital for evaluation of possible treatment options. The patient asked the nurse to explain the Whipple procedure that the surgeon has described. The exclamation includes the information that a Whipple procedure involves
A Whipple procedure involves removal of part of the pancreas, part of the stomach, the duodenum, the gallbladder, with joining of the pancreatic duct, common bile duct, and stomach into the jejunum
