ATI Unit 1 GI Practice Quiz
A nurse is providing information about pain control for a client who has acute pain following a subtotal gastric resection. Which of the following client statements indicated an understating of pain control?
"I will call for pain medication before the previous dose wears off."
A nurse is providing teaching to a client about measures to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs). Which of the following clients statements indicates a need for further teaching?
"I will need to wipe my perineal area from back to front after urination."
A nurse is reviewing the laboratory data of a client who has acute pancreatitis. The nurse should expect to find an elevation of which of following values?
Amylase
A nurse is caring for a client who has ulcerative colitis and is teaching the client about the common link with Crohn's disease. Which of the following information should the nurse include?
Both are inflammatory
A nurse is caring for a client who has an indwelling urine catheter. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to prevent infection?
Check the cather
A nurse is caring for a client who returns to the nursing unit from the recovery room after a sigmoid colon resection for adenocarcinoma. The client had an episode of intraoperative bleeding. Which finding indicates to the nurse that the client may be developing hypovolemic shock?
Increase in the heart rate from 88 to 110/min
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a client who is schedules for a gastrectomy. Which of the following information regarding preventing of postoperative complications should the nurse include in the teaching?
Instruct the client about the use of a sequential compression device.
A nurse is assessing a client who is 3 days postoperative following abdominal surgery and notes the absence of bowel sounds, abdominal distention, and the client passing no flatus. Which of the following conditions should the nurse suspect?
Paralytic ileus
A nurse is caring for a client who has peptic ulcer disease. The nurse should monitor the client for which of the following findings as an indication of gastrointestinal perforation?
Sudden abdominal pain
A nurse is assessing a client who is 48 hr postoperative following abdominal surgery. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
Yellow-green drainage on the surgical incision
