The nurse identifies a need for further teaching when the patient with hepatitis B makes which statement?
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What is the primary function of the large intestine in digestion?
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What treatment measure is used in the management of the patient with acute pancreatitis?
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Question 4 of 44
Why is mitochondrial DNA particularly susceptible to damage?
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Question 5 of 44
The stomach lining contains several types of cells. Which statement about them is correct?
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Question 6 of 44
Carcinoma of the esophagus:
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The physiological actions of CCK include:
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Question 8 of 44
The nurse needs to promote an easy passage of food to the stomach in an obese elderly client with hiatal herni Which of the following nursing actions in the care plan would help the client?
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Question 9 of 44
While palpating a female client's right upper quadrant (RUQ), the nurse would expect to find which of the following structures?
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Question 10 of 44
What does the pancreas secrete to aid digestion?
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Question 11 of 44
Which of the following are not active in the duodenum?
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Question 12 of 44
The frenulum is the membrane attached to the inferior surface of the _____.
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Question 13 of 44
Sometimes when you are talking and eating you initiate the gagging reflex. The gagging or coughing reflex is stimulated when foreign material enters the larynx. Some of the bolus you are swallowing enters the larynx when you are talking because the
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The nurse is assessing an alert and independent older adult patient for malnutrition risk. Which is the most appropriate initial question?
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Priority Decision: Older patients may have cardiac or renal insufficiency and may be more susceptible to problems from vomiting and antiemetic drug side effects. What nursing intervention is most important to implement with these patients?
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Question 16 of 44
What is the role of the small intestine's MALT?
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Question 17 of 44
Which statement by a patient with dumping syndrome should lead the nurse to determine that further dietary teaching is needed?
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Question 18 of 44
A nurse is providing instructions for a 52-year-old client who is scheduled for a colonoscopy. The client reports that he has not had the procedure before and is very anxious about feeling pain during the procedure. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
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Question 19 of 44
Which of these is a water soluble vitamin?
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Question 20 of 44
You are caring for an obese post-operative client who underwent surgery for bowel resection. As the client is moving in bed, he states, 'Something popped open.' Upon examination, you note wound evisceration. Place the following steps in order for handling this complication.
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Question 21 of 44
A nurse in a PACU is assessing a client who has a newly created colostomy. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
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Question 22 of 44
Gall stones result from the precipitation of ______ in the gallbladder.
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Question 23 of 44
Lipids are emulsified by ______ and digested by ______.
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What is a nursing intervention that is indicated for a male patient following an inguinal herniorrhaphy?
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Question 25 of 44
On assessment of the abdomen in a patient with peritonitis, you would expect to find:
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Question 26 of 44
A 76-yr-old patient with obstipation has a fecal impaction and is incontinent of liquid stool. Which action should the nurse take first?
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Question 27 of 44
Vomiting cause:
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Question 28 of 44
The nurse is caring for a patient with a newly diagnosed myocardial infarction (MI). Which intervention is a priority during the acute phase of the MI?
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Question 29 of 44
What is the function of the intestinal villi?
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Question 30 of 44
What is the function of the villi in the small intestine?
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Question 31 of 44
Which enzyme is responsible for the digestion of carbohydrates?
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Question 32 of 44
What is a clinical manifestation of age-related changes in the GI system that the nurse may find in an older patient?
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Question 33 of 44
Absorption of iron:
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Question 34 of 44
A nurse identifies that the skin of an elderly client with liver cancer is yellow. Which of the following is the cause of jaundice?
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Question 35 of 44
What extraintestinal manifestations are seen in both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease?
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Question 36 of 44
Which one of the following is not located in the oral cavity or oropharynx?
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Question 37 of 44
Contractions of the smooth muscles in the tunica muscularis in the GI tract causes ______ and is stimulated by ______ plexus.
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Question 38 of 44
Which statement about obesity is explained by genetics?
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Question 39 of 44
The nurse is reviewing the laboratory results of an assigned patient. The serum bilirubin is 2.8 mg/dL. The nurse anticipates that the patient's urine will display which finding?
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Question 40 of 44
Micelles:
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Question 41 of 44
Which one of the following parts of the GI tract has the following characteristics: simple columnar epithelium, muscularis mucosa, Meissner's plexus, two layers of smooth muscle in the tunica muscularis and Peyer's patches of lymph nodules?
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Question 42 of 44
The treatment of Hirschsprung's disease typically involves:
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Question 43 of 44
Loperamide is like morphine in that a single therapeutic dose of each produces:
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Question 44 of 44
Neurons interact with each other in complex ways, forming networks. Which statement is true regarding neural networks in the brain?
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