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GASTROINTESTINAL NURSING:FINAL EXAM 2024/2025
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GASTROINTESTINAL NURSING:FINAL EXAM2024/2025
From the small intestine to the anal canal, the regions of the large
intestine are the: - Precise Answer ✔✔Cecum, ascending colon,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum
Chyme passes from the small intestine into the large intestine through
the _______ valve - Precise Answer ✔✔ileocecal
The parts of the small intestine, in order, are the - Precise Answer
✔✔duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Chyme describes the: - Precise Answer ✔✔liquid food as it leaves the
stomach
Which of the following should be used to reduce bacterial contamination
of the GI tract? - Precise Answer ✔✔changing the bedside formula
container every 24 hours
Which of the following feeding tubes can a nurse insert? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Nasogastric tube
The second day after surgery, the NG tube is removed and an order is
written for fluids as tolerated and a liquid diet. That patient is eager to
, try taking fluids. What would you recommend that she do? - Precise
Answer ✔✔Start with small sips of water at first
Before any liquid is given through the NG tube, the nurse must: - Precise
Answer ✔✔Verify placement of the tube
Residual is monitored to: - Precise Answer ✔✔prevent overfilling of the
stomach
Gastric residual refers to the - Precise Answer ✔✔undigested formula
remaining in the stomach
The amount of each intermittent tube feeding should not exceed: -
Precise Answer ✔✔400 ml
When the digestive tract is non-functional or needs to be rested, which
of the following methods of nutrition would be appropriate? - Precise
Answer ✔✔NG tube feeding
It is best to place the patient in which of the following positions for NG
insertion or irrigation? - Precise Answer ✔✔Fowler's
The purpose of irrigating a decompression NG tube is to: - Precise
Answer ✔✔ensure that it will drain freely
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