GI Disorders
This medication class is commonly prescribed to suppress gastric acid production and promote ulcer healing.
What are proton pump inhibitors (PPIs)?
This physical assessment finding is most characteristic of acute pyelonephritis.
What is costovertebral angle (CVA) tenderness?
This condition is the most common cause of urinary hesitancy and weak urinary stream in older men.
What is benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)?
This is the nurse's highest priority during an active seizure.
What is protecting the client from injury?
This combination of medications is commonly prescribed to eradicate H. pylori.
What are antibiotics and a proton pump inhibitor?
This assessment finding suggests upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a client with peptic ulcer disease.
What is melena?
This urine appearance is commonly associated with acute glomerulonephritis.
What is cola-colored (or smoky) urine?
These over-the-counter medications commonly worsen urinary retention in clients with BPH.
What are decongestants?
This phase immediately follows a generalized tonic-clonic seizure and is characterized by confusion and drowsiness.
What is the postictal phase?
This alpha-1 adrenergic blocker improves urinary flow in clients with BPH.
What is prazosin (Minipress)?
A client with Crohn's disease develops persistent vomiting, abdominal distention, and high-pitched bowel sounds. This complication should be suspected.
What is a bowel obstruction?
This laboratory value is the best indicator of kidney function.
What is serum creatinine?
Inability to void with suprapubic pain and bladder distention indicates this complication.
What is acute urinary retention?
This diagnostic study evaluates the speed of electrical impulses traveling through peripheral nerves.
What is a nerve conduction study (NCS)?
A provider prescribes 0.625 g of a medication. This is the equivalent number of milligrams.
What is 625 mg?
Fever, severe abdominal pain, abdominal distention, and bloody diarrhea indicate this life-threatening complication of ulcerative colitis.
What is toxic megacolon?
This nursing intervention helps determine the composition of a passed urinary calculus.
What is straining all urine?
Hypotension and tachycardia several hours after a TURP suggest this postoperative complication.
What is hemorrhage?
This medication is commonly prescribed to relieve neuropathic pain associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
What is gabapentin (Neurontin)?
A provider prescribes cephalexin 750 mg PO. Capsules are available in 250 mg. This is the number of capsules the nurse should administer.
What is 3 capsules?
This complication occurs when a peptic ulcer extends completely through the gastric or duodenal wall into the peritoneal cavity.
What is perforation?
This type of urinary stone is most commonly associated with elevated serum uric acid or purine levels.
What is a uric acid stone?
This assessment finding has the highest priority after administering the first dose of prazosin.
What is blood pressure?
This action should never be performed while caring for a client who is actively having a seizure.
What is placing anything in the client's mouth?
A child weighs 55 pounds. The prescription reads 5 mg/kg. This is the total dose the child should receive in milligrams. (Round to the nearest whole number).
What is 125 mg?