The physician orders a patient with a duodenal ulcer to take a UREA breath test. Which lab value will the test measure to determine if
H. Pylori is present?

A nurse is preparing to administer aspirin 650 mg PO. Available is aspirin 325 mg tablets. How many tablets should the nurse administer?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who has gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) about minimizing the effects of reflux during sleep. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching? 

The Health Care Provider orders a blood test for your patient.
The nurse knows that which of the following enzymes does not indicate liver function?

A nurse is reinforcing teaching about pernicious anemia with a client following a total gastrectomy.
Which of the following dietary supplements should the nurse include in the teaching as the treatment for pernicious anemia?

The nurse is educating a patient about dumping syndrome and food choices. Which of these foods should the patient avoid?

A client presents to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain. The client’s history reveals a previous diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease.

The nurse suspects a perforated ulcer. What is the priority action by the nurse?

The nurse is taking care of a client that just had a liver biopsy.
Which of the following is a potential immediate risk associated with a liver biopsy?

The nurse is explaining to a patient the purpose of certain lab tests that have been ordered.
A carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) test was ordered and the patient is asking what this value will indicate. Which of the following is correct?

A home health nurse is visiting a client who has COPD and is receiving oxygen at 2 L/min via nasal cannula. The client reports difficulty breathing.What is the nurse’s priority action?

A patient has received a barium swallow test to rule out esophageal strictures and gastric ulcer. The nurse is educating the patient on what is expected post barium swallow.  What statement indicates that the patient did not understand all of the teaching by the nurse?