Nsg123 Exam 2 Questions And Answers All 109 Questions And Answers

Describe a Strictureplasty {Ans: Blocked or narrowed sections of the small intestine are widened, leaving the intestines intact.}Nursing Management for a patient with a Small Bowel Obstruction {Ans: Maintaining the function of the NG tube, assessing and measuring the NG output, assessing for fluid and electrolyte imbalance, monitoring nutritional status, and assessing for manifestations consistent with resolution (e.g., return of normal bowel sounds, decreased abdominal distention, subjective improvement in abdominal pain and tenderness, passage of flatus or stool).}Barrett's Esophagus: What can Develop as a Result Long Term? {Ans: Reflux eventually causes changes in the cells lining the lower esophagus. The cells that are laid to cover the exposed area no longer form the normal, squamous mucosa, but instead form columnar-lined epithelium that resembles the intestines. BE is the only known precursor to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC).}What do you give a patient receiving a TPN to prevent hypoglycemia? {Ans: D5W or D10W}Causes of Cholelithiasis {Ans: In gallstone-prone patients, there is decreased bile acid synthesis and increased cholesterol synthesis in the liver, resulting in bile supersaturated with cholesterol, which precipitates out of the bile to form stones. 2-4 times more common in women than men. Stone formation is