Exam 46: Care of the Patient With a Gallbladder, liver, biliary Tract, or Exocrine Pancreatic Disorder

The patient with cirrhosis has an albumin of 2.8 g/dL.The nurse is aware that normal is 3.5 to 5 g/dL.Based on these findings,what would the nurse expect the patient to exhibit?

Why is morphine contraindicated in the patient with pancreatitis?

A patient with pancreatitis is NPO.The patient asks the nurse why he is unable to have anything by mouth.Which of the following is the best response?

Why is it advantageous for a live person to be a liver donor?

Which assessment would indicate possible gallbladder disease in an older adult?

A family member of a patient asks the nurse about the protein-restricted diet ordered because of advanced liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy.What statement by the nurse would best explain the purpose of the diet?

Hepatitis D is usually seen as a coinfection with __________.

Which patient statement indicates that the patient requires additional teaching about an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography?

___________ is a condition characterized by yellowing of the sclera and the skin.

What is the most appropriate method used by high-risk health workers to prevent hepatitis B?

What is the second step in the normal process of protein metabolism?

Immediately following a liver biopsy,the patient becomes dyspneic,the pulse increases to 100,and no breath sounds can be heard on the affected side.What should the nurse suspect?

Which factors are most commonly associated with pancreatitis?

A ___________ occurs when the body encapsulates the autodigestive debris in the pancreatic tissue,frequently becoming an abscess.

The nurse assisting in the treatment of a patient with ruptured esophageal varices who has received vasopressin IV will carefully assess for:

The patient's cirrhosis of the liver has also caused a dilation of the veins of the lower esophagus secondary to portal hypertension,resulting in the development of the complication of:

The disease that is on the increase because of the growing obesity population and is associated with coronary artery disease and use of corticosteroids is _______________.

Which nursing intervention should be completed immediately after the physician has performed a needle liver biopsy?

What should the nurse monitor in caring for the patient undergoing a paracentesis?

A male patient states that he returned from a 2-week camping trip a few days ago.He complains of nausea and anorexia,and dark urine.What additional information would assist in diagnosing hepatitis A?