Upper/Lower GI
Ulceration of the GI mucosa
What is PUD?
This protein will be low in patients with ascites.
What is albumin?
The self assessment taught to men to perform while in the shower once a month.
What is a self-testicular exam?
Low sodium, low potassium, low phosphate.
What is glomerulonephritis?
What is peripheral parenteral nutrition?
The position we place patients in after a cholecystectomy and if they are experiencing shoulder pain.
What is a left lateral sims position?
This medication improves urinary flow to patients with BPH.
What is tamsulosin (Flomax)
The diagnosis for CKD.
What is GFR < 60 mL/min for > 3 months?
You are encouraged to consume this to decrease the pH of your urine.
What is cranberry juice?
This disease has a cobblestone appearance in the GI tract.
What is Crohn's Disease?
Second choice mediation to treat high levels of ammonia.
What is rifaxamin?
Other than metastasis, there is one other complication of breast cancer surgery.
What is lymphedema?
A positive aspect of peritoneal dialysis.
What is the patient can perform the dialysis themself?
Infection of the bladder.
What is cystitis?
The priority intervention for patients experiencing IBD exacerbation.
What is gut rest?
Synthetic bile salts given to patients 30 minutes prior to eating and helps treat steatorrhea.
What is cholestyramine?
This should be completed 1 week after a woman's menstrual cycle each month.
What is the self-breast examination?
The patient has come back from hemodialysis, is pale, fatigued, has poor peripheral pulses, and cool extremities. Something else needs to be assessed.
What is BP for hypotension?
Lab to rule out a UTI and the results we are looking for.
What is a UA showing increased casts, WBC, and RBC?
A severe complication of PUD leading to sudden abdominal pain.
What is a perforation?
This is caused by increased estrogen in both sexes of the hepatic patient.
What is palmar errythmia?
A client has a continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) after a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) and says he feels he has to urinate, feels pressure in the lower abdomen, and is having cramping. What should you do first?
What is check the CBI for kinks?
A patient is receiving hemodialysis, experiencing RUQ pain, jaundice, and a mild low-grade fever.
What is hepatitis?
In order for patients to have this type of urinary diversion, the patient must not have any history of colorectal cancer nor IBD.
What is an orthotopic bladder?