Don't Make Me Barf
Water, ginger ale, sports drinks, broth, tea and black coffee are these.
What are clear liquids?
This is the preferred route of administration for promethazine.
What is Intramuscular (IM)?
Leukoplakia or erythroplakia are signs of this type of cancer.
What is oral cancer?
After gastrostomy surgery, a client reports that 20 minutes after eating, he feels weak, sweaty, and dizzy and an urgent need to move his bowels. The nurse recognizes this as which complication?
What is dumping syndrome?
An Upper GI bleed can cause a client to vomit blood, known as this.
What is hematemesis?
This should be offered to a client after vomiting.
What are washcloth and mouth care?
This type of medication is needed to treat H Pylori or it will come back.
What are antibiotics?
A diet high in smoked foods or pickled foods is a risk factor for this type of cancer.
What is stomach cancer?
After a Bilroth II surgery, a client eats a high carbohydrate meal. 2 hours later, the client is sweaty, weak, confused, tachycardic, and anxious. The nurse should do what first?
An Upper GI bleed can make a client's stools appear dark and tarry, known as this.
What is melena?
Prolonged vomiting can cause this.
What is acid base disturbances, electrolyte imbalances, fluid volume deficit, or dehydration?
This medication creates a barrier or protective coating on the gastric mucosa.
What is sucralfate?
What is a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG or G) or a jejunostomy (J) tube?
The client should do this after meals to slow down digestion and prevent dumping syndrome.
What is lay down?
An Upper GI bleed can be diagnosed and treated (banding, clipping, cauterized, or injected) with this routine procedure.
What is an upper endoscopy? EGD? or Esophagogastroduodenoscopy?
The area of the brain that responds to stimulus and transmits impulses to the vomiting center is know as this.
What is the chemoreceptor trigger zone?
Chronic use of this medication may cause tardive dyskinesia.
What is metoclopramide?
Besides stomach cancer, the Bilroth surgeries could also be used to treat this.
What is peptic ulcer disease?
This complication occurs when edema and inflammation prevent the stomach from emptying.
What is gastric outlet obstruction?
Abdominal pain and rigidity, hypotension, tachycardia, decreased level of consciousness, and decreased urinary output are clinical manifestations of this.
What is Acute GI bleeding (urgent bleed)?
Your client's vomit looks like coffee grounds. This could be the cause.
What is gastric bleeding?
This medication can help treat symptoms of bile reflux gastritis. It binds with the bile salts and prevent irritation.
What is cholestyramine?
This surgery involves wide excision of the primary lesion (tumor), removal of the regional lymph nodes, and may include removal of muscles, jugular vein, mandible or thyroid.
What is a radical neck dissection?
A client with peptic ulcer disease may become septic if this happens.
What is perforation?
In an acute GI bleed, you won't notice the Hemoglobin and Hematocrit drop until when?
What is 4 to 6 hours later?