Upper GI NCLEX Questions
(2025) | High-Yield Practice
with Verified Answers &
Rationales
,Desk Reference, you understand it is being used
to:
1. Neutralize stomach acid.
2. Treat a hiatal hernia.
3. Aid in the digestion of food.
4. Decrease stomach acid production
Give this one a go later!
Answer 4: decrease stomach acid production.
Treatment for GERD includes medications such as
Tagamet to decrease stomach acid production and
promote healing of esophagus
Answer 2: Chronic pain in the epigastric area that is
relieved by ingesting food is a sign of
chronic gastritis
Answer A: Crohns disease is characterized
by nonbloody diarrhea of usually not more than
4 or 5 stools daily. overtime the stools
increase frequency duration and severity
, Answer B: BLT and soft drink is high in fat and the soft drink
is hyperosmolar both contributing to diarrhea. Salad, whole
wheat crackers may decrease diarrhea due to increased
fiber. Dairy increases diarrhea. Food high in carbohydrates
increase diarrhea. Coconut may increase diarrhea
2 of 68
Term
A 54-year-old man has just arrived in the recovery
area after an upper endoscopy. Which information
collected by the nurse is most important to
communicate to the health care provider?
a. The patient is very drowsy.
b. The patient reports a sore throat.
c. The oral temperature is 101.6° F.
d. The apical pulse is 104 beats/minute.
Give this one a go later!
, ANS: C
A temperature elevation may indicate that a perforation
has occurred. The other assessment data are normal
immediately after the procedure.
ANS: B
The gastrocolic reflex is most active after the first daily
meal. Arising in the morning, the anticipation of eating, and
physical exercise do not stimulate these reflexes.
ANSWER: B For a client receiving a local anesthetic that
suppresses the gag reflex, the nurse is advised to withhold
food and fluids until the reflex returns
ANS: C
After a biopsy, the patient lies on the right side with the bed
flat to splint the biopsy site. Coagulation studies are
checked before the biopsy. A sandbag does not exert
adequate pressure to splint the site
3 of 68
Term
(2025) | High-Yield Practice
with Verified Answers &
Rationales
,Desk Reference, you understand it is being used
to:
1. Neutralize stomach acid.
2. Treat a hiatal hernia.
3. Aid in the digestion of food.
4. Decrease stomach acid production
Give this one a go later!
Answer 4: decrease stomach acid production.
Treatment for GERD includes medications such as
Tagamet to decrease stomach acid production and
promote healing of esophagus
Answer 2: Chronic pain in the epigastric area that is
relieved by ingesting food is a sign of
chronic gastritis
Answer A: Crohns disease is characterized
by nonbloody diarrhea of usually not more than
4 or 5 stools daily. overtime the stools
increase frequency duration and severity
, Answer B: BLT and soft drink is high in fat and the soft drink
is hyperosmolar both contributing to diarrhea. Salad, whole
wheat crackers may decrease diarrhea due to increased
fiber. Dairy increases diarrhea. Food high in carbohydrates
increase diarrhea. Coconut may increase diarrhea
2 of 68
Term
A 54-year-old man has just arrived in the recovery
area after an upper endoscopy. Which information
collected by the nurse is most important to
communicate to the health care provider?
a. The patient is very drowsy.
b. The patient reports a sore throat.
c. The oral temperature is 101.6° F.
d. The apical pulse is 104 beats/minute.
Give this one a go later!
, ANS: C
A temperature elevation may indicate that a perforation
has occurred. The other assessment data are normal
immediately after the procedure.
ANS: B
The gastrocolic reflex is most active after the first daily
meal. Arising in the morning, the anticipation of eating, and
physical exercise do not stimulate these reflexes.
ANSWER: B For a client receiving a local anesthetic that
suppresses the gag reflex, the nurse is advised to withhold
food and fluids until the reflex returns
ANS: C
After a biopsy, the patient lies on the right side with the bed
flat to splint the biopsy site. Coagulation studies are
checked before the biopsy. A sandbag does not exert
adequate pressure to splint the site
3 of 68
Term
