ATI Med-Surg Gastrointestinal Practice Questions
and verified answers 2026.
A nurse is caring or a client who has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) tube and is receiving intermittent feedings. Prior to initiating the feedings,
which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A) Flush the tube with water
B) Place the client in semi-fowler's position
C) Cleanse the skin around the tube site
D) Aspirate the tube for residual contents
B) Place the client in semi-fowlers position.
The nurse should apply the ABC priority setting framework. This framework
emphasizes the basic core of human functioning: having an open airway, being able
to breath in adequate amounts of oxygen and circulating oxygen to the body's
organs via the blood. An alternation in any of these can indicate a threat to life and
is therefore the nurse's priority concern.
A nurse is caring or a client who is scheduled to undergo an
esophogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The nurse should identify that this procedure is
used to do which of the following?
A) To visualize polyps in the colon.
B) To detect an ulceration in the stomach.
C) To identify an obstruction in the biliary tract.
D) To determine the presence of free air in the abdomen.
B) To detect an ulceration in the stomach.
, An EGD is used to visualize the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum with a lighted
tube to detect a tumor, ulceration, or obstruction.
A nurse is teaching a client who has Barrett's esophagus and is scheduled to
undergo an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Which of the following statements
should the nurse include in the teaching?
A) "This procedure is performed to measure the presence of acid in your
esophagus."
B) "This procedure can determine how well the lower part of your esophagus
works."
C) "This procedure is performed while you are under general anesthesia."
D) "This procedure can determine if you have colon cancer."
B) "This procedure can determine how well the lower part of your esophagus
works."
An EGD is useful in determining the function of the esophageal lining and the extent
of inflammation, potential scarring, and strictures.
A nurse is caring for a client who is dehydrated and is receiving a continuous tube
feeding through a pump at 75 mL/hr. When the nurse assesses the client at 0800,
which of the following findings requires intervention by the nurse?
A) A full pitcher of water is sitting on the client's bedside table within the client's
reach.
B) disposable feeding bag is from the previous day at 1000 and contains 200 ml of
feeding.
C) The client is lying on the right side with a visible dependent loop in the feeding
tube.
D) the head of the bed is elevated 20 degrees.
D) the head of the bed is elevated 20 degrees.
and verified answers 2026.
A nurse is caring or a client who has a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
(PEG) tube and is receiving intermittent feedings. Prior to initiating the feedings,
which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
A) Flush the tube with water
B) Place the client in semi-fowler's position
C) Cleanse the skin around the tube site
D) Aspirate the tube for residual contents
B) Place the client in semi-fowlers position.
The nurse should apply the ABC priority setting framework. This framework
emphasizes the basic core of human functioning: having an open airway, being able
to breath in adequate amounts of oxygen and circulating oxygen to the body's
organs via the blood. An alternation in any of these can indicate a threat to life and
is therefore the nurse's priority concern.
A nurse is caring or a client who is scheduled to undergo an
esophogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). The nurse should identify that this procedure is
used to do which of the following?
A) To visualize polyps in the colon.
B) To detect an ulceration in the stomach.
C) To identify an obstruction in the biliary tract.
D) To determine the presence of free air in the abdomen.
B) To detect an ulceration in the stomach.
, An EGD is used to visualize the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum with a lighted
tube to detect a tumor, ulceration, or obstruction.
A nurse is teaching a client who has Barrett's esophagus and is scheduled to
undergo an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD). Which of the following statements
should the nurse include in the teaching?
A) "This procedure is performed to measure the presence of acid in your
esophagus."
B) "This procedure can determine how well the lower part of your esophagus
works."
C) "This procedure is performed while you are under general anesthesia."
D) "This procedure can determine if you have colon cancer."
B) "This procedure can determine how well the lower part of your esophagus
works."
An EGD is useful in determining the function of the esophageal lining and the extent
of inflammation, potential scarring, and strictures.
A nurse is caring for a client who is dehydrated and is receiving a continuous tube
feeding through a pump at 75 mL/hr. When the nurse assesses the client at 0800,
which of the following findings requires intervention by the nurse?
A) A full pitcher of water is sitting on the client's bedside table within the client's
reach.
B) disposable feeding bag is from the previous day at 1000 and contains 200 ml of
feeding.
C) The client is lying on the right side with a visible dependent loop in the feeding
tube.
D) the head of the bed is elevated 20 degrees.
D) the head of the bed is elevated 20 degrees.
