Ch 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With
1. A nurse is caring for a patient with live
knowledge of the patient's increased ri
is related to the patient's inability to sy
most likely contributes to this loss of f
A) Alterations in glucose metabolis
B) Retention of bile salts
C) Inadequate production of albumi
D) Inability of the liver to use vitam
Ans: D
Feedback:
Decreased production of several clottin
absorption of vitamin K from the GI tr
liver cells to use vitamin K to make pr
roles of glucose, bile salts, or albumin.
2. A nurse is performing an admission as
cirrhosis. What technique should the n
A) Place hand under the right lower
the other hand.
B) Place the left hand over the abdo
C) Place hand under right lower rib
D) Hold hand 90 degrees to right sid
Ans: C
Feedback:
,Ch 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With
4. A nurse educator is teaching a group o
occupational risks for contracting hepa
educator promote? Select all that apply
A) Immunization
B) Use of standard precautions
C) Consumption of a vitamin-rich d
D) Annual vitamin K injections
E) Annual vitamin B12 injections
Ans: A, B
Feedback:
People who are at high risk, including
to blood or blood products, should rec
standard precautions is also highly ben
an individual's risk of HBV.
5. A nurse is caring for a patient with can
insertion of a percutaneous biliary drai
assessment reveals the presence of dar
the nurse's best response to this assessm
A) Document the presence of norma
B) Irrigate the drainage system with
C) Aspirate a sample of the drainag
D) Promptly report this assessment
Ans: A
, Ch 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With
6. A patient who has undergone liver tran
Which outcome of health education sh
A) The patient will obtain measurem
B) The patient will exercise three ti
C) The patient will take immunosup
D) The patient will monitor for sign
Ans: C
Feedback:
The patient is given written and verbal
doses and dosing schedules. The patien
that an adequate supply of medication
out of the medication or skipping a dos
precipitate rejection. The nurse would
T-tube as the patient wouldn't go home
about the need to exercise or what the
would not stress these topics over the i
7. A triage nurse in the emergency depart
complaints of general malaise. Assessm
increased abdominal girth. What asses
etiology of this patient's presentation?
A) ìHow many alcoholic drinks do y
B) ìTo the best of your knowledge,
C) ìHave you ever worked in an occ
1. A nurse is caring for a patient with live
knowledge of the patient's increased ri
is related to the patient's inability to sy
most likely contributes to this loss of f
A) Alterations in glucose metabolis
B) Retention of bile salts
C) Inadequate production of albumi
D) Inability of the liver to use vitam
Ans: D
Feedback:
Decreased production of several clottin
absorption of vitamin K from the GI tr
liver cells to use vitamin K to make pr
roles of glucose, bile salts, or albumin.
2. A nurse is performing an admission as
cirrhosis. What technique should the n
A) Place hand under the right lower
the other hand.
B) Place the left hand over the abdo
C) Place hand under right lower rib
D) Hold hand 90 degrees to right sid
Ans: C
Feedback:
,Ch 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With
4. A nurse educator is teaching a group o
occupational risks for contracting hepa
educator promote? Select all that apply
A) Immunization
B) Use of standard precautions
C) Consumption of a vitamin-rich d
D) Annual vitamin K injections
E) Annual vitamin B12 injections
Ans: A, B
Feedback:
People who are at high risk, including
to blood or blood products, should rec
standard precautions is also highly ben
an individual's risk of HBV.
5. A nurse is caring for a patient with can
insertion of a percutaneous biliary drai
assessment reveals the presence of dar
the nurse's best response to this assessm
A) Document the presence of norma
B) Irrigate the drainage system with
C) Aspirate a sample of the drainag
D) Promptly report this assessment
Ans: A
, Ch 49 Assessment and Management of Patients With
6. A patient who has undergone liver tran
Which outcome of health education sh
A) The patient will obtain measurem
B) The patient will exercise three ti
C) The patient will take immunosup
D) The patient will monitor for sign
Ans: C
Feedback:
The patient is given written and verbal
doses and dosing schedules. The patien
that an adequate supply of medication
out of the medication or skipping a dos
precipitate rejection. The nurse would
T-tube as the patient wouldn't go home
about the need to exercise or what the
would not stress these topics over the i
7. A triage nurse in the emergency depart
complaints of general malaise. Assessm
increased abdominal girth. What asses
etiology of this patient's presentation?
A) ìHow many alcoholic drinks do y
B) ìTo the best of your knowledge,
C) ìHave you ever worked in an occ
