ATI MedSurg Test Bank, Cirrhosis and Liver Failure 100% Correct Answers, Download to Score A

ATI MedSurg Test Bank, Cirrhosis and Liver Failure 100% Correct Answers, Download to Score A MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. The nurse clarifies that unconjugated bilirubin, which is made up of broken-down red cells, is: 2. The patient with cirrhosis has an albumin of 2.8 g/dL. The nurse is aware that normal is 3.5 g/dL to 5 g/dL. Based on these findings, what would the nurse expect the patient to exhibit? 3. Which nursing intervention should be completed immediately after the physician has performed a needle liver biopsy? 4. 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? 5. The patients 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: 12. What are the indications for a liver transplant? (Select all that apply.)