Hepatic / Biliary

Question 1

Cause of hepatitis A?

Answer 1

fecal-oral route

Question 2

Cause of hepatitis B?

Answer 2

blood borne route

Question 3

Cause of hepatitis C?

Answer 3

drug use

Question 4

Cause of hepatitis E?

Answer 4

fecal-oral route

Question 5

Which hepatitis is usually from travel?

Answer 5

hepatitis E

Question 6

Which hepatitis needs a liver transplant usually?

Answer 6

hepatitis C

Question 7

Which hepatitis causes ethical issues?

Answer 7

hepatitis C

Question 8

Is pain immediate or prolonged onset for peptic ulcer?

Answer 8

immediate after ingestion

Question 9

How long will pain last with peptic ulcers?

Answer 9

multiple hours

Question 10

What are the s/s for peptic ulcers?

Answer 10

burning
vomiting (coffee grounds with blood)
bleeding
black/tarry stool

Question 11

How is pain relieved with a duodenal ulcer?

Answer 11

ingestion of food

Question 12

Is pain immediate or prolonged onset for duodenal ulcer?

Answer 12

prolonged

Question 13

What medication reduces the risk for esophageal varices? (4)

Answer 13

beta blockers
antihypertensives
calcium channel blockers
histamine II antagonists

Question 14

With what disorder do we give parental nutrition?

Answer 14

pancreatitis

Question 15

Why are we concerned about the glucose levels with parental nutrition? What happens with diabetic patient?

Answer 15

accucheck every 4 hours because the glucose levels raises

diabetic patients can go low

Question 16

What does the stool look like for a like for an ulcerative colitis patient?

Answer 16

watery, continous

Question 17

For ulcerative colitis patients, what appliance/device do patients come out of surgery with?

Answer 17

ileostomy

Question 18

What care do nurses have to teach patients with an ileostomy?

Answer 18

stoma care

Question 19

What is a significant implication of cirrhosis?

Answer 19

altered mental status due to the ammonia level builds up

Question 20

What is compensated cirrhosis?

Answer 20

body can still function

Question 21

What is decompensated cirrhosis?

Answer 21

body cannot function

Question 22

What are s/s of compensated cirrhosis?

Answer 22

intermediate mild fever
vascular spiders
red hands
unexplained epitaxis
ankle edema
indigestion
gas
diff swallowing
abdominal pain
acities (enlarged liver)
enlarged spleen

Question 23

What are s/s of decompensated cirrhosis?

Answer 23

jaundice
weakness
weight loss
continuous fever
redness on skin
spontaneous bruising
epitaxis
hypotension
scare body hair
white nails
gonadal atrophy

Question 24

What are two gastric ulcers?

Answer 24

duodenal and peptic

Question 25

When will duodenal ulcer pain be relieved?

Answer 25

2-3 hours

Question 26

What is the GI tract pathway? starting with the mouth (8 others...)

Answer 26

mouth, esophagus, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, stomach, small intestine, large intesting, rectum

Question 27

Cirrhosis can lead to what disease?

Answer 27

portal hypertension

Question 28

In regard to cirrhosis, when the veins are not able to carry/circulate and new vessels are created in the GI tract, what term is this?

Answer 28

collateral circulation