The nurse is teaching a patient about pancreatitis. What would the nurse include when instructing on the mechanism of the disease process? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected
Select all that apply. 1. "The exact mechanism is uncertain."
2. "Cells in the pancreas become damaged and release enzymes that injure the pancreas."
3. "Gall bladder stones block the ducts in the pancreas causing damage."
4. "A poor diet because of alcohol intake causes the pancreas to become inflamed."
5. "The pancreas contracts an infection from poor blood supply through the organ."
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Rationale 1: The exact mechanism as to how the different predisposing factors cause pancreatitis is uncertain.
Rationale 2: It is believed that autodigestion occurs in the pancreas from the activation of trypsin.
Rationale 3: Pancreatitis does not occur because of gall stones blocking the pancreatic ducts.
Rationale 4: Pancreatitis does not occur because of a poor diet due to alcohol intake.
Rationale 5: Pancreatitis is not an infection caused by poor blood supply through the organ.
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