Nursing Gastrointestinal Disorders

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THE USE OF 14C-urea capsules to detect the bacteria associated with peptic ulcer disease is ?

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~ is the PY TEST

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Direct visual examination of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum with an.....?

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~ ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY

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Examination of both UPPER and LOWER GI tracts is done by what exam?

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~ PANENDOSCOPY

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LOWER GI SERIES to identify polyps, tumors, strictures, or other lesions ?

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~ BARIUM ENEMA

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INGESTION or INJECTION of a RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT to examin by scanning the SIZE OF AN ORGAN and to LOOK for the presence of DEFECTS or LESIONS

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~ RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING

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Wavelike contractons of SMOOTH MUSCLE IN THE GI TRACT

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~ PERISTALSIS

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Test to determine the PATENCY OF THE DUCTS FROM THE LIVER & GALLBLADDER ?

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~CHOLANGIOGRAPHY

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Also known as a SMALL BOWEL ENEMA, IT INVOLVES THE INJECTION OF 1)________ INTO A TUBE THAT IS POSITIONED IN THE ________ ________ VIA THE NOSE OR MOUTH

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~ 1) BARIUM
~ 2) PROXIMAL JEJUNUM
ANSWER: ENTEROCYLSIS

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EXAMINATION OF THE SIGMOID COLON WITH A FLEXIBLE SCOPE

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~ FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY

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EXAMINATION OF THE ENTIRE LARGE INTESTINE WITH A FLEXIBLE SCOPE

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~ COLONOSCOPY

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CIRCULAR BANDS OF MUSCLES THAT GUARD THE OPENING TO AND FROM THE STOMACH ARE CALLED ?

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~ SPHINCTERS

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WHAT OCCURS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE ?

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~ DIGESTION OF MOST NUTRIENTS
~ ABSORPTION OF MOST NUTRIENTS

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THE GALLBLADDER IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT IN THE DIGESTION OF ?

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~ LIPIDS

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS TRUE WITH REGARD TO ASSESSMENT OF THE ABDOMEN ?

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~ ALWAYS AUSCULATE BEFORE PALPATION

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PLACE THE FOLLOWING PARTS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM IN ORDER FROM THE MOUTH DOWNWARD TO THE ANUS..........

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1-STOMACH
2-DUODENUM
3-JEJUNUM
4-ILEUM
5-SIGMOID COLON
6-LARGE INTESTINE

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CONVERTS PEPTIDES TO AMINO ACIDS

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~ PEPTIDASE

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CONVERTS PROTEIN TO AMINO ACIDS

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~ TRYPSIN

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SECRETED IN THE STOMACH

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~ HCL &
~ PEPSIN

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Emulsifies fat

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~ bile

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produced in the liver

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~ BILE

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PRODUCED IN THE SMALL INTESTINE......?

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~PEPTIDASE,LACTASE, MALTASE, AND SUCRASE

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BREAKS DOWN STARCH

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~ AMYLASE

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BEGINS STARCH DIGESTION

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~ SALIVARY AMYLASE

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CONVERTS DISACCHARIDES TO MONOSACCHARIDES

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~ LACTASE, MALTASE, AND SUCRASE

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WHAT QUESTIONS WOULD YOU ASK A CLIENT DURING ASSESSMENT FOR GI STATUS ?

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1)HOW IS YOUR APPETITE?
2)ANY PROBLEMS CHEWING or SWALLOWING?
3)WHAT DO YOU EAT ?
4) HOW MUCH DO YOU EAT ?
5) ANY DISCOMFORT BEFORE, DURING OR AFTER EATING?
6) DO YOU TAKE ANY NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
7) HAVE YOU LOST OR GAINED ANY WEIGHT SUDDENLY?
WHAT ARE YOUR BOWEL MOVEMENTS LIKE?

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SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TIGHTEN THE CARDIAC SPHINCTER

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~ FUNDOPLICATION

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COMMON SYMPTOM OF MANY DISORDES OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM

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~ ANOREXIA

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CONDITION IN WHICH GASTRIC CONTENTS FLOW UPWARD INTO THE ESOPHAGUS

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GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLEX

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SAC OR POUCH IN ONE OR MORE LAYERS OF THE WALL OF AN ORGAN OR STUCTURE

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~ DIVERTICULUM

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RESULTS FROM RAPID EMPTYING OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF FOOD INTO THE JEJUNUM

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`DUMPING SYNDROME

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INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH LINING

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~ GASTRITIS

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EPIGASTRIC PAIN OR DISCOMFORT

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~ DYSPEPSIA

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TRANSABDOMINAL OPENING INTO THE STOMACH THAT IS USED TO PROVIDE FLUIDS AND NOURISHMENT

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~ GASTROSTOMY

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INFLAMMATION OF THE LINING OF THE ESOPHAGUS

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~ ESOPHAGITIS

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PAINFUL SWALLOWING

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~ ODYNOPHAGIA

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INDIVIDUALS WITH DISTURBANCES IN GI FUNCTION THAT AFFECT THE ABSORPTION OF FAT MAY BECOME DEFICIENT IN THE VITAMIN......?

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~ RETINOL

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WHICH ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE MAY OCCUR FROM PROLONGED VOMITING?

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1- HYPOCHLOREMIA
&
2- HYPONATREMIA

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WHAT IS HYPOCHLOREMIA ?

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~ HYPOCHLOREMIA IS AN ABNORMALLY LOW LEVEL OF CH- IONS IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD

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WHAT IS HYPONATREMIA ?

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~ ABNORMALLY LOW CONCENTRATION OF NA+ IONS IN THE CIRCULATING BLOOD

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A client has just had a LOOSE EMESIS OF UNDIGESTED FOOD. THE CLIENT ASKS THE NURSE IF SHE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MEAL TRAY. THE BEST RESPONCE BY THE NURSE IS ?

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~ "WHY DON'T YOU WAIT A WHILE BEFORE EATING SOMETHING?

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THE PRIMARY NURSING RESPONSIBLITY AFTER A CLIENT RETURNS FROM THE OR AFTER EXCISION OF AN ORAL CANCER TUMOR IS ?

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MONITORING A PATENT AIRWAY

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING NEEDS TO BE AT THE BEDSIDE OF A CLIENT WHO HAS RETURNED FROM THE OR AFTER EXCISION OF AN ORAL CANCEROUS TUMOR?

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~ TRACHEOSTOMY TRAY

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WHY ARE CLIENTS WHO HAVE HAD SURGERY OF THE UPPER GI TRACT NOT GIVEN A STRAW TO DRINK FROM?

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~ THEY WILL SWALLOW TOO MUCH AIR

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A CLIENT HAS HAD HIS NASOGASTRIC TUBE REMOVED THIS MORNING. THE CLIENT IS CONCERNED THAT HIS THROAT IS EXTREMELY SORE. WHAT IS THE NURSES BEST RESPONCE ?

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~ "THIS IS A COMMON OCCURANCE AFTER REMOVAL OF THE TUBE."

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A NURSE CHECKS A CLIENT'S TUBE FEEDING AND NOTES A RESIDUAL OF 200 mL. WHAT SHOULD THE NURSWE DO NEXT ?

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~ RETURN THE RESIDUAL AND DELAY THE FEEDING

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WOULD THE NURSE RECCOMEND TO DECREASE THE INCIDENCE OF DUMPING SYNDROME?

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~ LIE DOWN FOR 30 MINUTES
~ LIMIT FLUIDS WITH MEALS

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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES WOULD INDICATE THE DIAGNOSIS OF ESOPHOGITIS AND ASPIRATION?

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~ BARIUM SWALLOW

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A CLIENT HAS RECEIVED HER BREAKFAST TRAY @ 8:00 AM. WHEN SHOULD THE NURSE HAVE GIVEN THE CLIENT'S SUCRALFATE (CARAFATE) ?

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~ 1 HOUR BEFORE OR 2 HOURS AFTER HER MEAL

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WHAT ARE THE RISKS FACTORS FOR PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE?

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1)H.pylori infection
2) cigarette smoking
3)FAMILY HISTORY
4) CHRONIC USE OF ASPIRIN OR ANSAID'S

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TELESCOPING OF ONE PART OF THE INTESTINE INTO AN ADJACENT PART

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INTUSSUSEPTION

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PATCHY INFLAMMED AREAS IN THE BOWEL ASSOCIATED WITH A TYPE OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

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SKIP LESIONS

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KINKING OF A PORTION OF INTESTINE ?

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~ VOLVULUS

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AN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE THAT CAN EXTEND THROUGH ALL LAYERS OF THE BOWEL

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~ CROHN'S DISEASE

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DIALTED VEINS OUTSIDE OR INSIDE THE ANAL SPHINCTER

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~ HEMORRHOID

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CONDITION IN WHICH THE COLON DILATES AND BECOMES ATONIC

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~ TOXIC MEGACOLON

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SMALL CRACKS IN THE TISSUE

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~ FISSURE

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INFECTION IN HAIR FOLLICLES IN THE SACROCOCCYGEAL AREA ABOVE THE ANUS

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~PILONIDAL SINUS

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PROTRUSION OF ANY ORGAN FROM THE CAVITY THAT NORMALLY CONFINES IT

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~ HERNIA

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ABNORMAL ADHESION OR CONNECTING CHANNEL BETWEEN THE TWO CAVITIES

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~FISTULA

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ANTI- INFLAMMATORY STEROID DRUG USED IN THE TREATMENT OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

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~PREDNISONE

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ANTIDIARREAL AGENT THAT MAY CAUSE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSION

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~LOPERAMIDE

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ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENT USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CLIENTS WITH CROHN'S DISEASE AND ULCERATIVE COLITIS

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~ SULFASALAZINE

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LAXATIVE THAT MAY CAUSE RECTAL IRRITATION IF USED IN THE SUPPOSITORY

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~ BISACODYL

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IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT AGENT ALSO KNOWN AS IMURAN

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~ AZATHIOPRINE

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IMMUNE-MODUALTING AGENT USED TO TREAT CLIENTS WITH CANCER; DESIGNATED BY 6-MP

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~MERCAPTOPURINE

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ANTIDIARRHEAL THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE ABSORPTION OF NUTRIENTS AND OTHER DRUGS

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~ KAOLIN AND PECTIN

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BULK-FORMING LAXATIVE THAT OFTEN REQUIRES RECONSTRUCTION WITH WATER

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~PSYLLIUM

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ACTS AS A FECAL LUBRICANT

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~ MINERAL OIL

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ANTIDIARRHEAL THAT SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN TO CLIENTS WHO ARE ALLERGIC TO ASPIRIN

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~ BISMUTH SUBSALICYLATE

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WHAT ARE THE HALLMARKS OF APPENDICITIS ?

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REBOUND TENDERNESS
NAUSEA
FEVER

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WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF PERITONITIS ?

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TEMPERATURE OF 103F WITH ABSENT BOWEL SOUNDS

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WHAT IS INDICATIVE OF ULCERATIVE COLITIS?

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~INFLAMMATION AND ULCERATION OF THE MUCOSA OF THE COLON

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AN IRREDUCIBLE HERNIA IS ONE IN WHICH THE.....?

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~protruding tissue CANNOT BE PUSHED BACK INTO PLACE

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SITZ BATHS ARE OFTEN GIVEN AFTER HEMORRHOIDECTOMY. THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO.... ?

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PREVENT INFECTION AND PROMOTE HEALING

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A CLIENT EXPERIENCED PERITONITIS AS A RESULT OF A PERFORATED PEPTIC ULCER. CARE FOR THIS CLIENT WILL INCLUDE...?

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1) NASOGASTRIC TUBE SUCTION

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IN ADDITION TO RECTAL BLEEDING, WHAT INFO IN THE CLIENT'S MEDICAL HX STRONGLY SUGGESTS THAT HE MAY HAVE COLORECTAL CANCER ?

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HIS BOWEL HABITS HAVE CHANGED

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IF A CLIENT EXPERIENCES DIVERTICULITIS, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES IN STOOL IS COMMON?

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LOOKIN GLIKE CURRANT JELLY

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WHEN ASSESSING A CLIENT FOR PILONDAL SINUS, THE CLIENT WOULD MOST LIKELY HAVE PAIN & SWELLING @..........?

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~ the base of the spine

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which of the following is a factor in pilonidal sinus?

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~ lack of personal hygeine
~ ABUNDANCE of perianal hair

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list two nursing diagnosis for the client with diarrhea

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1- risk for FLUID VOLUME DEFICIT
2- RISK FOR IMPAIRED SKIN INTEGRITY