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Medical-Surgical: Gastrointestinal
Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A client with cirrhosis reports confusion and difficulty concentrating. What condition should the nurse suspect?✔✔Hepatic encephalopathy
A client is admitted with a bowel obstruction. What is the most important initial nursing action?✔✔Insert a nasogastric tube to decompress the stomach
A client complains of epigastric pain that improves with eating but returns a few hours later.What is the likely diagnosis?✔✔Duodenal ulcer
What assessment finding suggests peritonitis in a client with a perforated appendix?✔✔Rigid abdomen with rebound tenderness
A client is vomiting bright red blood. What is the priority nursing intervention? 1 / 2
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✔✔Maintain airway and monitor vital signs closely
What finding is expected in a client with severe dehydration due to diarrhea?✔✔Decreased blood pressure and dry mucous membranes
What instruction is most important to give a client with GERD?✔✔Avoid lying flat immediately after meals
What dietary change should be recommended to a client with diverticulitis?✔✔Low-fiber diet during acute inflammation
What lab value should be monitored in a client taking lactulose?✔✔Serum ammonia
What is the purpose of administering sucralfate to a client with a gastric ulcer?✔✔To form a protective barrier over the ulcer
What is a key nursing priority after esophageal varices have been banded?
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