The nurse is caring for a client with chronic atrophic gastritis. When taking an admission history, the nurse would anticipate a history of
a. cardiac disease.
b. emphysema.
c. intestinal parasites.
d. pernicious anemia.
D
Atrophic gastritis, which occurs in all layers of the stomach, often develops in association with gastric ulcer and gastric cancer and is invariably associated with pernicious anemia because of the lack of intrinsic factor.
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Which term describes a method of evaluating the quality of care provided to clients that addresses both quality of individual care and overall care in a health facility?
a. nursing process c. discharge summary b. critical thinking d. nursing audit
A newly admitted patient required seclusion immediately on entering the inpatient unit. What criteria would the nurse use to decide when to discontinue the use of seclusion?
a. Seclusion can be discontinued when the patient seems calm. b. Discontinuation is based on outcomes developed for each patient. c. Seclusion continues until the patient has been calm for at least 4 hours. d. Seclusion lasts until the physician orders its discontinuation.
When educating the parents of an infant diagnosed with hemochromatosis, the nurse should consider which of the following topics a priority for the parents to know?
A) Provide a restricted iron diet to prevent organ damage B) How to check their infants' stools for blood C) Where to look for lesion development on the skin D) How to assess an infant for blood loss and anemia
After a class describing the contributions of Florence Nightingale to epidemiology, the instructor determines that the class needs additional instruction when they state which of the following is associated with Nightingale?
A) Establishment of the need for a clean environment B) A sophisticated coding system for medical conditions C) Proper wound cleansing and bandaging techniques D) Separation of infected individuals from those injured