Kaplan Gastrointestinal A, Exam Questions & Answers

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Kaplan Gastrointestinal A, Exam Questions & Answers-The nurse instructs a client about appropriate foods for a high protein diet. The nurse determines teaching is effective if the client chooses which... menu? 1. Taco salad with beef and cheese, crackers, and iced tea. 2. Broiled fish, broccoli and cheese soup, and custard. 3. Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips, and fruit drink. 4. Turkey sandwich, potato salad, and milk. The nurse provides care for a client with a Sengstaken-Blakemore tube to treat bleeding esophageal varices. The client suddenly develops respiratory distress. Which action does the nurse take first? 1. Auscultate breath sounds. 2. Cut the balloon port on the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube. 3. Obtain and record blood pressure and pulse. 4. Contact the health care provider. The nurse instructs a client how to increase folic acid in the diet. The nurse determines teaching is most effective if the client makes which statement. 1. "I like oatmeal for breakfast." 2. "My favorite lunch is a spinach salad." 3. "I will eat more grapes, apples, and bananas each day." 4. "I will eat more chicken." The nurse provides care for a client after a total gastrectomy. The nurse is most concerned if which observation is made? 1. The nasogastric tube is attached to low continuous suctioning. 2. The client's urine output during the previous 8 hours was 500 mL. 3. The client asks for oral pain medication. 4. The client performs coughing and deep breathing every two hours and is appropriately using the incentive spirometer 5. As part of preoperative teaching for bowel surgery, the nurse instructs a client about foods allowed on a low-residue diet. The nurse determines the teaching is effective if the client chooses which menu?.(Select all that apply.) 1. Bouillon soup, grilled cheese sandwich, and grapes. 2. Corned beef, buttered peas, and custard. 3. Roast lamb, buttered rice, and sponge cake. 4. Bacon and tomato sandwich, and a sugar cookie. 5. Scrambled eggs, whole wheat toast, and prune juice. 6. Baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and canned peaches. The nurse gives discharge instructions to a family of a client diagnosed with hepatic encephalopathy. The nurse determines further teaching is necessary if the family makes which statement. 1. "We should contact the health care provider if our parent is restless at night." 2. "Our parent may have some tremors in their hands" 3. "Our parent should eat meat at every meal." 4. "Lactulose may cause bloating and cramps." 5. The nurse obtains a history from a client suspected of having a duodenal ulcer. The nurse expects the client to make which statement. 1. "I have been vomiting bright red blood." 2. "I have abdominal pain and tenderness." 3. "I have frequent loose stools every day." 4. "I have increased pain immediately after eating." The nurse on the surgical unit provides care for a client with a new colostomy. How should the nurse expect the stoma to appear immediately after surgery? 1. The stoma should be bluish and dry. 2. The stoma should appear beefy-red and moist. 3. The stoma should appear gray and small. 4. The stoma should be dark red. 5. Immediately following a liver biopsy, the nurse places the client in which position. 1. On the right side. 2. On the left side. [Show More]

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