GI Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
A nurse is caring for a client who had a gastroscopy. What
response indicates a major concern associated with this
surgery?
3. Abdominal distention
1. Projectile vomiting
2. Increased gastrointestinal (GI) motility
3. Abdominal distention
4. Diflculty swallowing
A nurse is assisting a health care provider to perform a
sigmoidoscopy. In which position should the nurse place
the client for this procedure?
4. Knee-chest
1. Sims
2. Prone
3. Lithotomy
4. Knee-chest
A client is admitted to the ambulatory surgery unit for
a liver biopsy. The nurse recalls that which assessment
finding will be a cause for the biopsy to be postponed?
1. Signs of bruising 1. Signs of bruising
2. Visible hyperactivity
3. Lethargy on the morning of the test
4. Foods high in vitamin K consumed on the day before the
test
A client with a history of alcoholism and cirrhosis is ad-
mitted with severe dyspnea as a result of ascites. The
nurse concludes that the ascites is most likely the result
2. Pressure in the portal vein
of increased:
1. Secretion of bile salts
, GI Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
2. Pressure in the portal vein
3. Interstitial osmotic pressure
4. Production of serum albumin
A client is diagnosed with gastric cancer, and a subtotal
gastrectomy is performed. After surgery the client begins
to hemorrhage. What clinical findings support the nurse's
conclusion that the client is experiencing hypovolemic
shock? (Select all that apply.) 1. Oliguria
3. Diaphoresis
1. Oliguria 4. Tachycardia
2. Bradypnea
3. Diaphoresis
4. Tachycardia
5. Hypertension
A client is admitted with the diagnosis of acute pancreati-
tis. For which clinical manifestations should a nurse assess
the client? (Select all that apply.)
1. Jaundice
1. Jaundice 2. Acute pain
2. Acute pain 5. Increased amylase
3. Hypertension
4. Hypoglycemia
5. Increased amylase
A client is admitted to the hospital with a history of cancer
of the liver and jaundice. In relation to the jaundice, the
nurse expects the client to report the presence of:
1. Pruritus
1. Pruritus
2. Diarrhea
3. Blurred vision
4. Bleeding gums
A nurse is caring for a client who had a gastroscopy. What
response indicates a major concern associated with this
surgery?
3. Abdominal distention
1. Projectile vomiting
2. Increased gastrointestinal (GI) motility
3. Abdominal distention
4. Diflculty swallowing
A nurse is assisting a health care provider to perform a
sigmoidoscopy. In which position should the nurse place
the client for this procedure?
4. Knee-chest
1. Sims
2. Prone
3. Lithotomy
4. Knee-chest
A client is admitted to the ambulatory surgery unit for
a liver biopsy. The nurse recalls that which assessment
finding will be a cause for the biopsy to be postponed?
1. Signs of bruising 1. Signs of bruising
2. Visible hyperactivity
3. Lethargy on the morning of the test
4. Foods high in vitamin K consumed on the day before the
test
A client with a history of alcoholism and cirrhosis is ad-
mitted with severe dyspnea as a result of ascites. The
nurse concludes that the ascites is most likely the result
2. Pressure in the portal vein
of increased:
1. Secretion of bile salts
, GI Exam Test Questions with Answers Graded A+
2. Pressure in the portal vein
3. Interstitial osmotic pressure
4. Production of serum albumin
A client is diagnosed with gastric cancer, and a subtotal
gastrectomy is performed. After surgery the client begins
to hemorrhage. What clinical findings support the nurse's
conclusion that the client is experiencing hypovolemic
shock? (Select all that apply.) 1. Oliguria
3. Diaphoresis
1. Oliguria 4. Tachycardia
2. Bradypnea
3. Diaphoresis
4. Tachycardia
5. Hypertension
A client is admitted with the diagnosis of acute pancreati-
tis. For which clinical manifestations should a nurse assess
the client? (Select all that apply.)
1. Jaundice
1. Jaundice 2. Acute pain
2. Acute pain 5. Increased amylase
3. Hypertension
4. Hypoglycemia
5. Increased amylase
A client is admitted to the hospital with a history of cancer
of the liver and jaundice. In relation to the jaundice, the
nurse expects the client to report the presence of:
1. Pruritus
1. Pruritus
2. Diarrhea
3. Blurred vision
4. Bleeding gums
