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Gastrointestinal Disease Questions and Answers (Q&A)

What are gastrointestinal problems?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
An irrigation set

When the client has a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube, a pair of scissors must be kept at the clients bedside at all times. The client needs to be observed for sudden...Read More

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What is the appropriate nursing action? The nurse is performing a colostomy irrigation on a male client. During the irrigation, the client begins to complain of abdominal cramps.
C. Block, English Professor
Answered: Jan 17, 2019
The best answer to this question is letter B. The irrigation should be stopped temporarily. While the process is stopped, the patient will be given a chance to rest. There are some patients who...Read More

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Which condition is most likely to have a nursing diagnosis of fluid volume deficit?
F.Brian
Answered: Jan 28, 2018
Put simply pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. Your pancreas produces enzymes that aid in digestion and hormones that help to regulate how your body will process sugar. Out of...Read More

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Which nursing interventions should the nurse perform for a female client receiving enteral feedings through a gastrostomy tube?
RN pedia
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Change the tube feeding solutions and tubing at least every 24 hours.

Tube feeding solutions and tubing should be changed every 24 hours, or more frequently if the feeding requires it....Read More

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What would the nurse observe for when evaluating a male client for complications of acute pancreatis?
C. Marcus, Content Developer
Answered: Sep 10, 2018
The nurse should check if the patient’s urine output has decreased. Acute pancreatitis is a condition wherein the pancreas becomes inflamed. There are times when this would just go away but...Read More

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What is the nasogastric tube?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Pull back on the tube and wait until the respiratory distress subsides

During the insertion of a nasogastric tube, if the client experiences difficulty breathing or any respiratory...Read More

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Which diagnostic test would be used first to evaluate a client with upper GI bleeding?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Endoscopy-endoscopy permits direct evaluation of the upper gi tract and can detect 90% of bleeding lesions. an upper gi series, or barium study, usually isnt the diagnostic method of choice,...Read More

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Which nursing intervention first would be first implemented by the nurse caring for a client with small-bowel obstruction?
K. Myers, Blogger
Answered: Feb 13, 2019
The correct answer to this question is D. I.V. infusions containing normal saline solution and potassium should be given first to maintain fluid and electrolyte balance. For the client's comfort...Read More

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What is the appropriate action for the nurse?
RN pedia
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Hold the feeding

Unless specifically indicated, residual amounts more than 100 mL require holding the feeding. Therefore options B, C, and D are incorrect. Additionally, the feeding is not...Read More

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Which of these is not part of the functional lower esophageal sphincter?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Costal cartilage

The intrinsic part of the sphincter includes the SMCs, while the externalincludes the skeletal muscle and crural part of the diaphragm.

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What is the nurse do to remedy to the problem and teach the clients family how to deal with it at home?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Irrigate the tube with cola.-the nurse should irrigate the tube with cola because its effervescence and acidity are suited to the purpose, its inexpensive, and its readily available in most homes....Read More

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What instruction does the nurse, who is providing discharge instructions to a male client following gastrectomy, give a client to assist in preventing dumping syndrome?
John Smith
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Limit the fluid taken with meal-dumping syndrome is a term that refers to a constellation of vasomotor symptoms that occurs after eating, especially following a billroth ii procedure. early...Read More

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Which blood products will most likely bring about hemostasis in a female client with hepatitis C who develops liver failure and GI hemorrhage?
C. Block, English Professor
Answered: Jan 03, 2019
Hemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel. It is the first stage in which wound healing begins. The process involves coagulation,...Read More

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Which nursing diagnosis should the nurse include in the plan of care if she is caring for a male client postoperatively following creation of a colostomy?
RN pedia
Answered: Jan 20, 2025
Body image, disturbed

Body image, disturbed relates to loss of bowel control, the presence of a stoma, the release of fecal material onto the abdomen, the passage of flatus, odor, and the...Read More

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What should the nurse do when the client requires enteric precautions? A female client with viral hepatitis A is being treated in an acute care facility.
Christian Jackson, Content Developer
Answered: Aug 29, 2018
When the nurse sees this sign, this symbolizes one thing - there is a need for the nurse to wash hands with soap and water especially after handling the patient or any item that may be...Read More

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