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RN Targeted Medical Surgical Gastrointestinal OnlinePractice questions with correct answers
***NURSING EPIPHANY!!!
When you study/learn......it's about getting the "WHY"....bc in life it
won't be a perfect textbook situation....but when you know the
"WHY"....you can always help the pt...cuz you know WHY you do it,
WHY it helps, WHY it works.....
"Knowing WHY is the bridge of doing and reflecting your self-values in
that---> making meaningful choices."
"A life of meaningful choices is a meaningful life."
"Actions reflect your character." Correct Answer-"If you don't take
risks, you can't create a future!"
~Luffy
fluid-filled lining of pelvis
hold organs like bladder, colon and reproductive organs in place Correct
Answer-perineal
(*peri=around)
(*neal=fluid)
,(*fluid around....protect organs cuz like cushoin)
protects the pelvic floor muscles and the blood vessels that supply the
genitals and urinary tract Correct Answer-perineal
(*fluid around....protect organs cuz like cushoin)
A nurse is assessing a client who has peritonitis. Which of the following
findings should the nurse expect?
a) bloody diarrhea
b) board-like abdomen
c) periumbilical cyanosis
d) increased bowel sounds Correct Answer-b)
(*peri=perineal)
(*itis=inflammation)(due to infection)
(*b= board-like....hard)
(*cuz inflammation=fills perineal space...feels firm cuz full)
(*abd=perineal in abd space)
How does hepatitis lead to joint pain? Correct Answer-
(*hepatitis=inflamed liver)
(*cuz pathogen attack liver)
, (*liver=direct portal to bloodstream)
(*pathegen enters bloodstream....travels to joints (pools there))
(*pathogen attacks vessels=leak blood into joints=joint pain....cuz
pressur eon joints)
A nurse is assessing a client who has acute hepatitis B. which of the
following findings should the nurse expect?
a) joint pain
b) obstipation
c) abd distention
d) periumbilical discoloration Correct Answer-a)
(*acute=short term)
(*hepatitis=inflamed liver)
(*c=sm bowel obstruction...cu zmore in abd area..intestines)
(*
A nurse is reviewing the lab values of a client who has colorectal cancer.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
a) negative fecal occult blood test
b) decreased serum carcinoembryonic antigen level
c) hematocrit 43%
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