GI Medsurg Test
Which clinical manifestation is not associated with hemorrhage?
Bradycardia
The nurse cares for a client after an endoscopic and prepares the client for D/C. The nurse includes which instruction?
Resume regular diet.
The most common symptom of esophageal disease is
dysphagia
Semi-Fowler position is maintained for at least which timeframe following completion of an intermittent tube feeding?
1 hour
A client has undergone a radical neck dissection. His skin graft site is pale. This indicates which condition?
Arterial thrombosis
The nurse teaches the client with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) which measure to manage the disease?
Avoid eating or drinking 2 hours before bedtime
Nurse caring for a client who had a radical neck dissection. has a coarse, high-pitched sound, which is corect
Notify the physician
The nurse cares for a client after a gastroscopy the pt received sedation. The nurse should report what to the MD
difficulty swallowing
The nurse recognizes that blood shed in sufficient quantities into the upper GI tract produces which color of stool?
tarry black
The nurse is caring for a pt during postoperative period following radical neck dissection. What should be reported
High epigastric pain and/or discomfort
A has (GERD) comes to the physician's office reporting a burning sensation in the esophagus. The nurse documents pt
pyrosis-burning sensation in the esophagus and indicates GERD.
The nurse recognizes which change of the GI system is an age-related change?
weakened gag reflex.
The most significant complication related to continuous tube feedings is
Aspiration
The nurse is caring for a client in the postoperative period radical neck dissection. Which finding should be reported
Difficulty swallowing
Which tube is a nasoenteric feeding tube?
Dobbhoff
The nurse is planning care for a client with painful oral lesions. Which food should be included in the client's diet?
Jell-O
Which neuroregulator increase gastric acid secretion?
acetylcholine
The nurse determines one or two bowel sounds in 2 minutes should be documented as
hypoactive.
Which response is a parasympathetic response in the GI tract?
increased peristalsis
Nurse prepares to give a lavage solution to a pt. having a colonoscopy. The nurse notifies MD pt has which condition
inflammatory bowel disease
The nurse performs an abdominal assessment. The nurse should perform the assessment in which order?
inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation
When bowel sounds are heard about every 15 seconds, the nurse would record that the bowel sounds are
normal.