Meds
This PPI reduces gastric secretions and heals duodenal ulcers
What is Omeprazole?
This illness can affect the entire GI tract, has s/s of abdominal pain, diarrhea, n/v, and weight loss
What is Crohn's Disease?
This illness is often known for chronic pain/discomfort, altered bowel movements, no known cause, and often treated with lifestyle changes
What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)?
These are ways to assist a patient in consuming a healthy diet
This illness is associated with projectile vomiting, surgical intervention, weight loss, hard, "olive" mass RUQ, hunger soon after vomiting, and dehydration
What is Pyloric Stenosis?
This med is a cytoprotective and forms a paste that adheres to the ulcer to protect it
What is Sucralfate?
This illness only affects the colon, has s/s abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, and bloody diarrhea
What is Ulcerative Colitis?
This illness is characterized by chronic inflammation, can be life-threatening, periods of exacerbation alternating with periods of remission, classified as Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s, cause is unknown, autoimmune disease
What is Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD)?
These are important discharge teachings for patients with a bilateral cleft palate after surgery
What is using a soft, compressible bottle with a long nipple, feeding slowly and allowing rest periods, feeding in an upright position, burp frequently?
This illness is associated with surgical intervention, sudden onset of intermittent crampy pain, diarrhea, and currant-jelly stool, blood or positive occult stool
What is Intussusception?
This med treats H. pylori, which is a major cause of duodenal and gastric ulcers
What is Metronidazole?
These are the dietary modifications of a patient with dumping syndrome
What are small, frequent meals of moderate carbs, protein, and fat and limiting fluid intake with meals?
This is a sore that develops on the lining of the esophagus, stomach, or small intestine.
What is an Ulcer?
These are the HCP orders you can anticipate in a patient with a duodenal ulcer
What is (NPO, NG tube, IV fluids with potassium supplementation, Daily serum CBC and electrolytes, Meds:PPI H2-receptor blocker Cytoprotective)
This is the priority concern for a patient with a bilateral cleft palate
What is Aspiration? (then shortness of breath, infection, weight loss)
These are the goals of Crohn's Disease
What is decreasing the occurrence of exacerbations, maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance, managing pain, educating on the importance of the regimen, nutrition, and improving the quality of life?
This illness occurs when one or more diverticula become inflamed or infected
What is Diverticulitis?
These are the lifestyle changes that can be anticipated in a patient with an ulcer
What is stress management, smoking cessation, limit alcohol intake
These are teachings and referrals for children who have infected wound sites after a cleft palate repair surgery
What are rinsing, avoiding straws, pacifiers and spoons, avoiding oral temperatures, refer to Speech Therapy?
This occurs when small, bulging pouches (diverticula) develop in your digestive tract
What is Diverticulosis?
This illness is characterized by a group of symptoms, such as diarrhea, nausea, and feeling light-headed or tired after a meal, that are caused by rapid gastric emptying
What is Dumping Syndrome?
These are the Post-op nursing interventions for a patient receiving a Billroth II
What are NG-tube, Abdominal assessment, Pain management, Monitor for bleeding, infection, Early ambulation, IV fluids, monitor serum electrolytes?
This is the important nursing care in a patient with an NG-tube to suction
What is checking placement, maintaining patency, elevating HOB, and NPO?