GI Anatomy & Physiology
This organ produces bile which helps break down fats.
What is the liver?
A burning sensation in the chest caused by stomach acid reflux.
What is heartburn (GERD)?
Hard, dry stool that is difficult to pass.
What is constipation?
Yellowing of the skin and eyes caused by increased bilirubin.
What is Jaundice?
This position helps prevent aspiration during enteral tube feedings.
HOB at 30-45 degress
These pancreatic enzymes digest carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
What are amylase, lipase, and trypsin?
The most common cause of peptic ulcer disease.
What is Helicobacter pylori?
Pain at McBurney’s point indicates this condition.
What is appendicitis?
The most common cause of cirrhosis.
What is chronic alcohol use?
The first nursing action if a patient with enteral feeding develops nausea.
Pause the feeding and assess the patient
This digestive organ stores bile before it is released into the small intestine.
What is the gallbladder?
Bright red vomiting after severe retching suggests this condition.
What is a Mallory-Weiss tear?
Inflammation or infection of diverticula in the colon.
What is diverticulitis?
The diagnostic lab values most associated with acute pancreatitis.
What are elevated amylase and lipase?
A priority nursing intervention for severe GI bleeding.
What is maintaining IV access and fluid resuscitation?
During an abdominal assessment, this is the correct order of physical exam.
What is inspection, auscultation, percussion, palpation?
A hernia where the stomach slides through the diaphragm into the thorax.
What is a sliding hiatal hernia?
Autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease characterized by skip lesions.
What is Crohn’s disease?
A complication of cirrhosis characterized by fluid accumulation in the abdomen.
What is ascites?
The nurse should verify NG tube placement before performing this action.
Answer: What is administering medications or feeding?
This diagnostic test uses an endoscope to visualize the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
What is an EGD (esophagogastroduodenoscopy)?
A complication after gastric surgery characterized by dizziness, diarrhea, and sweating after meals.
What is dumping syndrome?
Life-threatening inflammation of the peritoneum often caused by rupture of an abdominal organ.
What is peritonitis?
This sign indicates gallbladder inflammation when the patient stops breathing during palpation of the RUQ.
What is Murphy’s sign?
A stoma that is pink to red and moist indicates this assessment finding.
Normal healthy ostomy