An older patient with diverticular disease is experiencing abdominal pain and fever. For which diagnostic test will the nurse most likely prepare this patient?
1. Colonoscopy
2. Barium enema
3. Upper GI endoscopy
4. CT scan of the abdomen
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Rationale: Invasive studies such as colonoscopy should be delayed until the inflammation and infection resolve with treatment because of the increased risk of bowel perforation.
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The nurse is caring for a female patient who died a few minutes previously. The patient's family comes in to the room and immediately starts to wash the body in preparation for burial. What is the most appropriate action of the nurse at this time?
a. Inform the patient's family that the body must be transported to the morgue. b. Instruct the patient's family that hospital staff will provide post-mortem care. c. Obtain needed signatures for organ donation and autopsy. d. Offer to provide any needed supplies and provide privacy for the family.
Which of the following conditions could affect the function of the digestive process? (Select all that apply.)
a. Increase in mobility b. Diagnostic testing c. Increase in nutrition d. Medications e. Increase in fluid intake f. Surgery
How is a durable power of attorney helpful to an incapacitated patient?
a. It directs treatment in accordance with the patient's wishes. b. It directs an agent to make health care decisions. c. It gives power to an agent to make decisions regarding health, property, and other assets. d. It can only be executed by an attorney.
A client hospitalized with an endocrine disorder asks the nurse for the results of laboratory tests that are well outside of normal limits. What should the nurse do?
1. Give the client the results. 2. Tell the client the results are not completed yet. 3. Tell the client he cannot have the results. 4. Notify the physician/RN of the client's requests.