Biliary colic Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Christensen: Adult Health Nursing, 6th Edition Chapter 03: Care of the Patient with an Integumentary Disorder Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A patient has generalized macular-papular skin eruptions and complains of severe pruritus from contact dermatitis. When the nurse administers his therapeutic bath, it is important to remember that a. using Burow’s solution helps promote healing. b. rubbing the skin briskly decreases pruritus. c. allowing 20 to 60 minutes to complete the ...

A nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client following an upper gastrointestinal series with barium contrast. Which of the following information should the nurse provide? Increase fluid intake Rationale: Increasing fluid intake will help to prevent constipation. Therefore, the nurse should instruct the client to increase fluid intake to facilitate the elimination of the barium used during the test. A nurse is caring for a client who has hepatic encephalopathy that is being tr...

Final Exam: NR 509 / NR509 (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Physical Assessment ACTUAL Exam Review | 100% Correct| Questions and Verified Answers QUESTION In situs inversus, in which the organs are reversed, the stomach and gastric air bubble are on the ______ and liver dullness is on the _____. Answer: right, left QUESTION What chronic condition leads to fibrosis of the pancreas? Answer: chronic pancreatitis QUESTION Where can pain from the abdomen be ref...

NURS 5334 ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY Study Questions and Answers Exam 2 2022/2023.  What are the basic mechanisms by which neuropharmocologic agents act? o Can modify the disease process o Act at the sites of actions which is the axons versus synapses and steps in synaptic transmission and effects of drugs on the steps of synaptic transmission  Transmittter synthesis is the first step in transmission. What are the other 4 steps? o Transmitter storage, transmitter release, receptor binding...

Inflammation of the stomach's mucosal lining (may involve the entire stomach or a region) - Correct answer-Gastritis _________Can be a mild, transient irritation, or it cab be a severe ulceration with hemorrhage - Correct answer-Acute Gastritis _________ Usually develops suddenly and is likely to be accompanied by nausea and epigastric pain - Correct answer-Acute Gastritis _________ Gastritis develops gradually. - Correct answer-Chronic Gastritis Gastritis can be further categorized as e...

NURS 5334 Study Questions and Answers Exam 2 2022/2023.  What are the basic mechanisms by which neuropharmocologic agents act? o Can modify the disease process o Act at the sites of actions which is the axons versus synapses and steps in synaptic transmission and effects of drugs on the steps of synaptic transmission  Transmittter synthesis is the first step in transmission. What are the other 4 steps? o Transmitter storage, transmitter release, receptor binding, and termination of t...

Midterm Exam: NUR634/ NUR 634 (New 2023/ 2024 Update) Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning |Study Guide with Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct – GCU QUESTION Where would you listen for bruits in the abdominal aorta? Answer: above the umbilicus below xiphoid process just left of the midline. QUESTION What does CVA tenderness assess for? Answer: pyelonephritis. QUESTION Findings of cirrhosis: Answer: enlarged liver with i...

NU 578 - Unit 2 Exam Latest Questions and Answers. Opioids Drugs - ANSWER Drugs: Opioids - MOA - ANSWER - Bind to "opiate receptors" in the brain, which disrupts the transmission of pain signals in the CNS. - Mimic actions of endogenous opiates (endorphins, enkephalins, dynorphins). - Primarily activate mu receptors, but also activate Kappa Opioids - Effect - ANSWER * Relieve pain & induce euphoria Also cause sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, constipation, nausea, & suppress t...

NCA- final exam questions & answers 2023/2024 what is cholelithiasis? - ANSWER-gallstones what can cause cholelithiasis? - ANSWER-biliary stasis (slowed emptying of gallbladder and increased risk of stone formation) s/s of cholelithiasis - ANSWER--- biliary colic pain -- epigastric region of RUQ pain -- pain that radiates to the back of R shoulder -- onset: following a meal -- N/V what can blockage/cholelithiasis cause? - ANSWER-ischemia -- obstruction increases pressure --&...

NU 578 - Unit 2 Exam Latest Questions and Answers. Opioids Drugs - ANSWER Drugs: Opioids - MOA - ANSWER - Bind to "opiate receptors" in the brain, which disrupts the transmission of pain signals in the CNS. - Mimic actions of endogenous opiates (endorphins, enkephalins, dynorphins). - Primarily activate mu receptors, but also activate Kappa Opioids - Effect - ANSWER * Relieve pain & induce euphoria Also cause sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, constipation, nausea, & suppress t...