Adult Nursing - Chapter 43: Assessment of Digestive and Gastrointestinal Function – PrepU
A nurse is teaching a client with malabsorption syndrome about the disorder and its
treatment. The client asks which part of the GI tract absorbs food. What is the nurse's best
response?
- rectum
- large intestine
- small intestine
- stomach
- small intestine
A nurse is preparing a client with Crohn's disease for a barium enema. What should the
nurse do the day before the test?
- Serve dairy products.
- Serve the client his usual diet.
- Order a high-fiber diet.
- Encourage plenty of fluids.
- Encourage plenty of fluids.
The nurse determines which is a true statement regarding older clients, considering the age-
related effects on their GI system?
- They tend usually to have less control of the rectal sphincter.
- They tend to have higher physiologic reserves to compensate for fluid loss.
- They tend to have increased muscle tone and mass.
- They have no awareness of the filling reflex.
- They tend usually to have less control of the rectal sphincter.
The nurse determines one or two bowel sounds in 2 minutes should be documented as
- hyperactive.
- absent.
- normal.
- hypoactive.
- hypoactive.
After 20 seconds of auscultating for bowel sounds on a client recovering from abdominal
surgery, the nurse hears nothing. What should the nurse do based on the assessment
findings?
