WorksheetsQUIZ - GASTRO
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
The nurse is performing an abdominal assessement and inspects the skin on the abdomen. The nurse performs which assessment technique next?
Palpate the abdomen for size
Palpates the liver at the right rib margin
Listen to bowel sounds in all four quadrants
Percuss the right lower abdominal quadrant
The nurse is caring for a client with a diagnosis of chronic gastritis. The nurse monitors the client knowing that this client is at risk for which vitamin deficiency?
Vitamin A
Vitamin B12
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
The nurse is reviewing the medication record of a client with acute gastritis. Which medication, if noted on the client's record, would the nurse question?
Digoxin (Lanoxin)
Furosemide (Lasix)
Indomethacin (Indocin)
Propanolol hydrochloride (Inderal)
The nurse is doing an admission assessment on a client with a history of duodenal ulcer. To determine whether the problem is currently active, the nurse should assess the client for which symptom (s) of duodenal ulcer?
Weight loss
Nausea and vomiting
Pain relieved by food intake
Pain radiating down the right arm
The medication history of a client with peptic ulcer disease reveals intermittent use of several medications. The nurse would teach the client to avoid which of these medications becasue of the irritating effects on the lining of the gastrointestinal tract?
Nizatidine (Axid)
Ibufrofen (Motrin)
Sucralfate (Carafate)
Omeprazole (Prilosec)
The nurse is monitoring a client with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer. Which assessment fiinding would most likely indicate perforation of the ulcer?
Bradycardia
Numbness in the legs
Nausea and vomiting
A rigid, board-like abdomen
The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client following gastrectomy and instructs the client to take which measure to assist in preventing dumping syndrome?
Ambulate following a meal
Eat high carbohydrate foods
Limit the fluids taken with meals
Sit in a high Fowler's position during meals
The nurse is monitoring a client for the early signs and symptoms of dumping syndrome. Which of the following indicate this occurence?
Sweating and pallor
Bradycardia and indigestion
Double vision and chest pain
Abdominal cramping and pain
Is an ulceration in the mucosal wall of the stomach, pylorus, duodenum or esophagus in portions accessible to gastric secretions.
Diverticulitis
Peptic Ulcer
Crohns disease
Hirchsprung disease
Describe as burning pain that occurs in midepigastric area 1/2 to 3 hours after a meal and during the night (often awakens the client)
Duodenal ulcer
Gastritis
Gastric ulcer
Hiatal Hernia
The following medications are effective antimicrobials for Helicobacter pylori infection, Except.
Levsin
Amoxil
Flagyl
Achromycin
