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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 |