Pharmacologic therapy frequently is used to dissolve small gallstones. It takes about how many months of medication with UDCA or CDCA for stones to
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Air embolism is a potential complication of IV therapy. The nurse should be alert to which clinical manifestation associated with air embolism?
The nurse is instructing the client who was newly diagnosed with peptic ulcers. Which of the following diagnostic studies would the nurse anticipate reviewing with the client?
The nurse is performing and documenting the findings of an abdominal assessment. When the nurse hears intestinal rumbling and the patient then experiences diarrhea, the nurse documents the presence of which of the following?
A longitudinal tear or ulceration in the lining of the anal canal is termed a (an
In women, which of the following types of cancer exceeds colorectal cancer?
A nurse is helping to plan a teaching session for a client who will be discharged with a colostomy. Which statement describes a healthy stoma?
A client is admitted to the hospital for diagnostic testing to rule out colorectal cancer. Which intervention should the nurse include on the plan of care?
The nurse is performing a community screening for colorectal cancer. Which of the following characteristics should the nurse include in the screening?
The nurse listens to bowel sounds and hears none and observes that the abdomen is rigid and boardlike. What complication does the nurse determine may be occurring at this time?
Which of the following is the most common presenting symptom of colon cancer?
Patient's medications is digitalis (digoxin [Lanoxin]), the nurse monitors the patient closely for which of the following?
A patient with an ileostomy should avoid which of the following?
Which of the following is the most common symptom of a polyp?
Diet therapy for patients diagnosed with IBS include what?
When interviewing a client with internal hemorrhoids, which of the following would the nurse expect the client to report?
The nurse is reviewing the laboratory test results of a client with Crohn's disease. Which of the following would the nurse most likely find? [Show Less]