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AK1-JJSPreview History 18 terms Mn What is the leading cause of upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage?Peptic ulcer disease Medical management of a patient with gastrointestinal hemorrhage caused by stress-related mucosal disease (SRMD) will include which interventions?Intraarterial infusion of vasopressin and intraarterial embolization A patient is admitted with a biliary obstruction. The nurse knows this disorder places the patient at risk for which condition?Acute pancreatitis Immediate management for the patient with severe acute pancreatitis includes which intervention?Intravenous crystalloids and colloids Medical management of a patient with acute liver failure (ALF) will include which intervention?Oral neomycin for ammonia level reduction A patient in liver failure questions a nurse about why he has to keep taking "this laxative" (lactulose) because he has diarrhea. What is the appropriate response by the nurse?"This drug is given to decrease bacteria in your gut and help your liver." The patient recovering from gastric bypass surgery is complaining of abdominal pain (8 of 10 on the pain scale), has a temperature of 103° F, has a heart rate of 120 beats/min, and is becoming increasingly restless and anxious. What is the priority intervention?Notify the health care provider.
The nurse notices that the student is putting a sucralfate into the pill crusher to administer it by nasogastric (NG) tube. Which of the following interventions is appropriate?Instruct the student to make a slurry by dissolving it in 10 mL of water A patient is vomiting bright red blood with a hemoglobin of 13 mg/dL and a hematocrit of 40 mg/dL. These findings indicate to the nurse that the bleed has which characteristics? (Select all that apply.) The patient has an acute problem.It is a new-onset bleed.It is an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed.A patient with pancreatitis is complaining of pain that is a
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should the nurse anticipate? (Select all that apply.) Morphine Relaxation techniques Repositioning
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