The nurse is reinforcing teaching for a patient who is scheduled for an upper GI series. Which patient statement indicates teaching has been effective?
a. "It is an estimated rectal cholangiopancreatophonography."
b. "It is a scope inserted into the duodenum with dye injection."
c. "It is a sigmoidoscopy with radiography after injection of dye."
d. "It is an x-ray of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum using barium."
ANS: D
An upper GI is an x-ray of the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum using barium. A. B. C. These statements do not correctly explain an upper GI series.
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