The student nurse is participating in colorectal cancer-screening program. Which patient has the fewest risk factors for colon cancer?
- A. Janice, a 45 y.o. with a 25-year history of ulcerative colitis
- B. George, a 50 y.o. whose father died of colon cancer
- C. Herman, a 60 y.o. who follows a low-fat, high-fiber diet
- D. Sissy, a 72 y.o. with a history of breast cancer
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
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George has a T tube in place after gallbladder surgery. Before discharge, what information or instructions should be given regarding the T tube drainage?
- A. If there is any drainage, notify the surgeon immediately.
- B. The drainage will decrease daily until the bile duct heals.
- C. First, the drainage is dark green; then it becomes dark yellow.
- D. If the drainage stops, milk the tube toward the puncture wound.
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Kevin has a history of peptic ulcer disease and vomits coffee-ground emesis. What does this indicate?
- A. He has fresh, active upper GI bleeding.
- B. He needs immediate saline gastric lavage.
- C. His gastric bleeding occurred 2 hours earlier.
- D. He needs a transfusion of packed RBCs.
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Coffee-ground emesis is a sign of upper gastrointestinal bleeding that occurred approximately 2 hours earlier. It results from the breakdown of blood in the stomach due to digestive enzymes, giving it a coffee-ground appearance. Choice A is incorrect because coffee-ground emesis indicates older, partially digested blood, not fresh active bleeding. Choice B is incorrect as gastric lavage is not indicated for coffee-ground emesis. Choice D is incorrect because a transfusion of packed RBCs is not the immediate management for this presentation.
You're patient, post-op drainage of a pelvic abscess secondary to diverticulitis, begins to cough violently after drinking water. His wound has ruptured and a small segment of the bowel is protruding. What's your priority?
- A. Ask the patient what happened, call the doctor, and cover the area with a water-soaked bedsheet.
- B. Obtain vital signs, call the doctor, and obtain emergency orders.
- C. Have a CAN hold the wound together while you obtain vital signs, call the doctor and flex the patient's knees.
- D. Have the doctor called while you remain with the patient, flex the patient's knees, and cover the wound with sterile towels soaked in sterile saline solution.
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Your patient Maria takes NSAIDS for her degenerative joint disease, has developed peptic ulcer disease. Which drug is useful in preventing NSAID-induced peptic ulcer disease?
- A. Calcium carbonate (Tums)
- B. Famotidine (Pepcid)
- C. Misoprostol (Cytotec)
- D. Sucralfate (Carafate)
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Christina is receiving an enteral feeding that requires a concentration of 80ml of supplement mixed with 20 ml of water. How much water do you mix with an 8 oz (240ml) can of feeding?
- A. 60 ml.
- B. 70 ml.
- C. 80 ml.
- D. 90 ml.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.