GI

A nurse is performing a health history and physical assessment of a client with cholelithiasis and obstructive jaundice. Which clinical finding should the nurse expect this client to exhibit?

Pain in the right upper quadrant

What is Metamucil for?

constipation

Lactulose can be used to treat what?

constipation, decreases ammonia, liver disease

A health care provider schedules a paracentesis for a client with ascites. What should the nurse include in the client's teaching plan?

emptying the bladder immediately before the procedure

Diet for chronic hepatic failure?

low protein

What to do after eating with gastric reflux?

rest in a sitting position for an hour, do not drink water with or immediately after meals

What should be included in the nurse's teaching plan for Metamucil?

should be taken with a full glass of water

Why is TPN yellow?

vitamin B

A client is admitted to the hospital with signs and symptoms of obstruction of the common bile duct. Laboratory test results indicate prolonged bleeding and clotting times. What can the nurse conclude these test results indicate?

vitamin K is not being absorbed

Signs of Hypokalemia

weakness, dysrhythmias, cramping, fatigue, constipation