Nursing Process
A patient has fatigue, low-grade fever, and arthralgia. Labs show elevated ALT/AST.
Clue: What is the first nursing action?
What is obtain a detailed history of recent travel and exposure to hepatitis?
Hepatitis A prevention starts with what basic practice?
What is thorough handwashing after restroom use and before meals?
Gallbladder patient with vomiting needs what immediate intervention?
What is maintain fluid/electrolyte balance?
Bleeding gums in hepatitis — suspect deficiency in what?
What is clotting factors/prothrombin?
Meal-related pain in gallbladder disease is triggered by...?
What is gallbladder contraction to release bile?
Gallbladder patient with severe RUQ pain and nausea arrives at the ER.
Clue: What step of the nursing process is your immediate focus?
What is assessment to determine severity and complications?
A gallstone patient asks what foods to limit.
What are high-fat and cholesterol-rich foods?
Hepatitis C patient with ascites — daily monitoring priority?
What is weight measurement?
Low-grade fever + gallbladder disease may suggest?
What is cholangitis or infection of the biliary tract?
Elevated ALT/AST in hepatitis indicate...?
What is hepatocyte injury?
A hepatitis patient’s lab shows rising bilirubin.
Clue: This belongs to which nursing process step?
What is assessment/data collection?
Hepatitis B vaccination requires how many doses total?
What is three doses?
New confusion in hepatitis indicates what urgent complication?
What is hepatic encephalopathy?
Memory loss/confusion in hepatitis means possible...?
What is hepatic encephalopathy?
Pruritus in hepatitis often results from buildup of...?
What is bile salts?
Planning hepatitis care often includes this dietary adjustment.
What is a high-calorie, high-carbohydrate diet with moderate protein?
Hepatitis patients should avoid alcohol for what reason?
What is to prevent further liver damage?
After a fatty meal, RUQ pain suggests what condition?
What is acute cholecystitis?
Steatorrhea in gallbladder disease signals maldigestion of what?
What is fat?
Lactulose use in hepatitis is to reduce...?
What is ammonia?
Evaluating patient pain relief post cholecystectomy falls under which process step?
What is evaluation?
After cholecystectomy, what incision changes must be reported?
What is redness, swelling, or purulent drainage?
Obstructive jaundice & dark urine — what test first?
What is liver function tests?
Hepatitis D requires previous infection with...?
What is hepatitis B?
Common bile duct obstruction causes jaundice by preventing excretion of...?
What is bilirubin?