E3 Pt 2

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has renal failure and an elevated phosphorus level. The provider instructed the client to take aluminum hydroxide 300 mg PO three times daily. For which of the following adverse effects should the nurse inform the client?

Constipation

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for aluminum hydroxide to treat heartburn. The nurse should instruct the client to monitor for and report which of the following adverse reactions?

Constipation

A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has a peptic ulcer. Which of the following findings should the nurse recognize as a risk factor for this condition?

History of NSAID use

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes mellitus and has developed peripheral neuropathy. Which of the following measures should the nurse recommend to prevent injuries to the client's feet?

Monitor the temperature of bath water with a thermometer.

A nurse is caring for a client who has type 2 diabetes melliltus and has hyperglycemic-hyperosmolar state (HHS). Which of the following laboratory findings should the nurse expect?

Serum pH of 7.45

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 caring for a client who has acute pancreatitis. After treating the clients pain, which of the following should the nurse address as the priority intervention?

with hold oral fluids and food

A nurse is teaching a client who has a duodenal ulcer about his new prescription for cimetidine. The nurse should include which of the following instructions in the teaching?

your doctor might need to reduce your theophylline dose while taking this medication

A nurse admits a client to the emergency department who reports nausea and vomiting that worsens when he lies down. Antiacids do not help. The provider suspects acute pancreatitis. Which of the following laboratory tests results should the nurse expect to see?

increased serum amylase

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has type 2 diabetes and a new prescription for pioglitazone. Which of the following instructions will the nurse include in the teaching?

monitor daily weight

A patient comes to the clinic complaining of pain in the epigastric region. What assessment question during the health interview would most help the nurse determine if the patient has a peptic ulcer?

"Does your pain resolve when you have something to eat?"

A nurse is teaching a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus about how to prevent complications during illness. Which of the following statements should the nurse identify as an indication that the client understands the teaching?

"I will call my doctor if my blood sugar is more than 250 milligrams per deciliter."

A nurse in a prenatal clinic is teaching a client who is in her second trimester and has a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Which of the following statements by the client indicates a need for further teaching?​

"I will take my glyburide daily with breakfast."​

A nurse is teaching an older adult client who has diabetes mellitus about preventing the long-term complications of retinopathy and nephropathy. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?​

"Maintain stable blood glucose levels."

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has peptic ulcer disease and a new prescription for sucralfate tablets. Which of the following information should the nurse provide?

"Take sucralfate 1 hour before meals."

A patient with a diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease has just been prescribed omeprazole (Prilosec). How should the nurse best describe this medication's therapeutic action?

"This medication will reduce the amount of acid secreted in your stomach."

A nurse is caring for a client with diabetes mellitus who is prescribed regular insulin via a sliding scale. After administering the correct dose at 0715, the nurse should ensure the client receives breakfast at which of the following times?​

0745

A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving ranitidine HCL (Zantac) for treatment of peptic ulcer disease. Which of the following client statements should indicate to the nurse that treatment has been effective?

2 and 6 are correct. PUD wakes pts up at nightNO NSAIDs with ulcers!! Eating 5 or 6 small meals each day doesn't have anything to do with Zantac's effectiveness. It's a lifestyle change.

A nurse is preparing to administer liquid famotidine 20mg PO every 6 hr for a client who has GERD. Available is famotidine 40mg/5ml. How many mL should the nurse administer? (round the answer to the nearest tenth)

2.5mL

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes and a new prescription for 14 units of regular insulin and 28 units of NPH insulin subcutaneously at breakfast daily. What is the total number of units of insulin that the nurse should prepare in the insulin syringe?

42 units

A nurse is assessing a client who has peptic ulcer disease. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

A nurse is assessing a client who has peptic ulcer disease. Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as the priority?

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?

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?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for esomeprazole to manage his GERD. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for esomeprazole to manage his GERD. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

A patient has experienced symptoms of dumping syndrome following bariatric surgery. To what physiologic phenomenon does the nurse attribute this syndrome?

A sudden release of peptides

Which diabetes medication is called a "gut" hormone?

Acarbose or Sitaglipton

A nurse assesses a patient who has diabetes mellitus and notes that the patient is awake and alert, but shaky, diaphoretic, and weak. Five minutes after administering a half-cup (120 mL) of orange juice, the patient's clinical manifestations have not changed. What action would the nurse take next?

Administer another half-cup of orange juice.

A patient has been diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease and the nurse is reviewing his prescribed medication regimen with him. What is currently the most commonly used drug regimen for peptic ulcers?

Antibiotics, proton pump inhibitors, and bismuth salts

A patient with a peptic ulcer disease has had metronidazole (Flagyl) added to his current medication regimen. What health education related to this medication should the nurse provide?

Avoid drinking alcohol while taking the drug.

A nurse is preparing dietary instructions for a client who has episodes of biliary colic from chronic cholecystitis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

Avoid foods high in fat.

A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus. Which of the following should the nurse include as an expected finding of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)?

Blood glucose levels above 300 mg/dL

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has diabetes insipidus and has a new prescription for desmopressin nasal spray. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Blow your nose gently prior to using the nasal spray."

A nurse assessing a client with colorectal cancer auscultates high-pitched bowel sounds and notes the presence of visible peristaltic waves. Which action should the nurse take?

Contact the provider and recommend computed tomography.

A nurse is assessing a client who has diabetes mellitus and reports feeling anxious. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect if the client is hypoglycemic?

Cool, clammy skin

A nurse is caring for a client who has suspected cholecystitis. The nurse should expect the client's urine to appear which of the following colors?

Dark and foamy

A nurse is teaching a client who has prescription of a nasogastric tube (NG) to treat a pyloric obstruction. Which of the following rationales for the use of the nasogastric tube should the nurse include in the teaching?

Decompress the stomach

A nurse is teaching a client how to draw up regular insulin and NPH insulin into the same syringe. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include

Discard regular insulin that appears cloudy

A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus about insulin injections. The client's prescription includes evening doses of insulin glargine and regular insulin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Draw up the insulins into separate syringes.

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for NPH insulin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include

Eat a snack 8 hours after taking this medication

A nurse is caring for a patient who just has been diagnosed with a peptic ulcer. When teaching the patient about his new diagnosis, how should the nurse best describe a peptic ulcer?

Erosion of the lining of the stomach or intestine

A nurse is teaching a client who has diabetes mellitus and receives 25 units of NPH insulin every morning if her blood glucose level is above 200 mg/dL. Which of the following information should the nurse include

Expect the NPH insulin to peak in 6 to 14 hours

A nurse is monitoring the laboratory values of a client who has diabetes mellitus and is taking insulin. Which of the following results indicates a therapeutic outcome of insulin therapy?

Fasting blood glucose 96 mg/dL

A nurse is assessing a client who has an obstruction of the common bile duct resulting from chronic cholecystitis. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?

Fatty stools

A nurse is interviewing a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following factors should the nurse anticipate finding in the client's history?

Gall stones

A nurse is interviewing a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following factors should the nurse anticipate finding in the client's history?

Gallstones

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes and plans to administer his regular insulin subcutaneously before he eats breakfast at 0800. After checking the client's morning glucose level, which of the following actions should the nurse take?​

Give the insulin at 0730

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who is newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus and has a prescription for glipizide. Which of the following statements by the nurse best describes the action of glipizide?

Glipizide stimulates your pancreas to release insulin

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who is newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and has a prescription for glipizide. Which of the following statements by the nurse best describes the action of glipizide?

Glipizide stimulates your pancreas to release insulin."

Which of the following diabetes medications does not stimulate the pancreas to secrete insulin?

Glucophage

A nurse is caring for a client with type 1 diabetes mellitus who reports feeling shaky and having palpitations. When the nurse finds the client's blood glucose to be 48 mg/dL on the glucometer, he should give the client which of the following?​

Graham crackers

A nurse is assessing a client who has diabetes insipidus. The nurse should expect which of the following findings?

Increased hematocrit

A nurse is assessing a patient who has peptic ulcer disease. The patient requests more information about the typical causes of Helicobacter pylori infection. What would it be appropriate for the nurse to instruct the patient?

Infection typically occurs due to ingestion of contaminated food and water.

A nurse is planning teaching for a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Ingest alcohol with food to reduce alcohol-induced hypoglycemia.

A nurse is providing patient education for a patient with peptic ulcer disease secondary to chronic nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use. The patient has recently been prescribed misoprostol (Cytotec). What would the nurse be most accurate in informing the patient about the drug?

It protects the stomach's lining

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for regular insulin and NPH insulin. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching?

Keep the open vial of insulin at room temperature

A nurse is teaching a client about strategies to manage gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Which of the following statements should the nurse include? Lie on your right side when sleeping

Lie on your right side when sleeping

A nurse is caring for a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus. The nurse misread the client's morning blood glucose level as 210 mg/dL instead of 120 mg/dL and administered the insulin dose appropriate for a reading over 200 mg/dL before the client's breakfast. Which of the following actions is the nurse's priority?​

Monitor the client for hypoglycemia.

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nurse should recognize that the client understands the teaching when he identifies which of the following as manifestations of hypoglycemia? (Select all that apply.)​

Polyuria​, Polydipsia​, Moist, clammy skin​

A nurse is assessing a client who is on long term omeprazole therapy. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse that the medication is effective?

Reduced dyspepsia

A nurse is assessing a client who is on long term omeprazole therapy. Which of the following findings should indicate to the nurse the medication is effective?

Reduced dyspepsia

A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who has a long history of diabetes mellitus and is being admitted to the emergency department confused, flushed, and with an acetone odor on the breath. Diabetic ketoacidosis is suspected. The nurse should anticipate using which of the following types of insulin to treat this client?​

Regular Insulin

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who has gastroesophageal reflux disease and a new prescription for omeprazole. Which of the following instructions should the nurse provide?

Report diarrhea to the provider

A patient with a history of peptic ulcer disease has presented to the emergency department (ED) in distress. What assessment finding would lead the ED nurse to suspect that the patient has a perforated ulcer?

The patient has a rigid, "boardlike" abdomen that is tender.

A nurse is providing discharge teaching for a client who has acute pancreatitis and has a prescription for fat-soluble vitamin supplements. The nurse should instruct the client to take a supplement for which of the following?

Vitamin A

A nurse is caring for a client who has acute pancreatitis. After treating the client's pain, which of the following should the nurse address as the priority intervention?

Withhold oral fluids and food

Ecchymosis is noted on a patient's abdomen who has sudden onset DKA. What should the nurse monitor for?

acute pancreatitis

A patient is experiencing an acute episode of diverticulitis. The patient is having abdominal pain, temperature 102.6 'F, and elevated WBCs. As the nurse, you know it is important to:

Monitor the patient for peritonitis

The nurse explains to a patient with an episode of acute pancreatitis that the most effective means of relieving pain by suppressing pancreatic secretions is the use of

NPO status

A nurse is admitting a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following provider prescriptions should the the nurse anticipate?

Pantoprazole 80 mg IV bolus twice daily

A nurse is admitting a client who has acute pancreatitis. Which of the following provider prescriptions should the nurse anticipate?

Pantoprazole 80mg IV bolus twice daily

Diagnostic imaging and physical assessment have revealed that a patient with peptic ulcer disease has suffered a perforated ulcer. The nurse recognizes that emergency interventions must be performed as soon as possible in order to prevent the development of what complication?

Peritonitis

A nurse is caring for a an adolescent client who has a long history of diabetes mellitus and is being admitted to the emergency department confused, flushed, and with an acetone odor breath. Diabetic ketoacidosis is suspected. The nurse should anticipate using which of the following types of insulin to treat this client?

Regular insulin

A nurse is preparing a teaching plan for a client who has diabetes insipidus and requires intranasal desmopressin. Which of the following information should the nurse include in the teaching plan?

Report nocturia because it requires a dosage adjustment.

A nurse is providing teaching for a client who has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) about ways to manage his condition. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

Eat four small meals each day

A client who has diverticulitis is being admitted to a nurse's unit. Which of the following menu selections should a nurse recommend for this client?

Grilled chicken breast with rice

A type 2 diabetes admitted to the hospital with severe dehydration and dry mucous membranes. What diagnosis is suspected?

HHS

A nurse is teaching a client who has a new prescription for omeprazole to manage his GERD. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the teaching?

I have an increased risk of getting pneumonia while taking this medication.

Nursing management of the patient with acute pancreatitis includes (select all that apply)

a. checking for signs of hypocalcemia e. monitoring for infection, particularly resp tract infection

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 the following lab values?

amylase

A nurse is providing dietary teaching to a client who has nephropathy secondary to diabetes mellitus and plans to make dietary adjustments. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include?

consume less than 0.8 g/kg of body weight of protein

A nurse is teaching client who has diabetes mellitus and receiving NPH insulin daily in the morning. Which of the following information is included?

expect the NPH insulin to peak in 4-10 hours

A nurse is caring for a client who has diabetes and plans to administer his regular insulin before he eats his breakfast. Breakfast is served at 0800. After checking the clients morning glucose level, which of the following actions will the nurse take?

give the insulin at 0730

patient presents to the walk-in clinic complaining of vomiting and burning in her mid-epigastria. The nurse knows that in the process of confirming peptic ulcer disease, the physician is likely to order a diagnostic test to detect the presence of what?

infection with Helicobacter pylori

A nurse is caring for a client who is on a 2,000-calorie American Diabetes Association (ADA) diet and substitutes the whole milk on his breakfast tray with skim milk. Because of this substitution, the nurse should know that the client can add which of the following items to the oatmeal on his breakfast tray?

low fat margarine

A nurse is providing dietary teaching for a client who has just learned that she has type 2 diabetes mellitus. The nurse should explain that which of the following sweeteners will add calories to the client's carbohydrate count

sorbitol