EAQ #7 Bowel
A nurse is assessing several clients. Which client will require parenteral nutrition? - A client with brain neoplasm - A client with anorexia nervosa - A client with inflammatory bowel disease - A client with severe malabsorption disorder
A client with severe malabsorption disorder
Which nursing interventions indicate client care that supports physical functioning? . - Interventions to facilitate client's learning - Interventions to alter client's undesirable behavior - Interventions to maintain client's nutritional status - Interventions to maintain client's regular bowel patterns - Interventions to prevent complications in the client related to electrolyte imbalance
C,D
The nurse assesses an elderly client with a diagnosis of dehydration and recognizes which finding as an early sign of dehydration? - Sunken eyes - Dry, flaky skin - Change in mental status - Decreased bowel sounds
Change in mental status
A nurse is caring for an elderly client who has constipation. Which independent nursing intervention helps to reestablish a normal bowel pattern? - Administer a mineral oil enema. - Offer 1 cup of fluid every hour. - Manually remove fecal impactions. - Offer a cup of prune juice.
Offer a cup of prune juice
When monitoring a client 24 to 48 hours after abdominal surgery, the nurse should assess for which problem associated with anesthetic agents? - Colitis - Stomatitis - Paralytic ileus - Gastrocolic reflux
Paralytic ileus
The nurse is caring for a client who had a hip replacement 2 days prior. After removing a bedpan from under the client, what is a priority nursing intervention? - Provide perineal care. - Turn and position the client. - Give a complete bed bath. - Document the bowel movement.
Provide perineal care
A nurse is providing care to a client 8 hours after the client had surgery to correct an upper urinary tract obstruction. Which assessment finding should the nurse report to the surgeon? - Incisional pain - Absent bowel sounds - Urine output of 20 mL/hr - Serosanguineous drainage on the dressing
Urine output of 20 mL/hr
