Study Guide #3

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Study Guide-Exam #3 - Answers
Nursing Care of Patients Experiencing Grief and Loss, Death and Dying
Nursing Care of Patients with GI Dysfunction
Nursing Care of Patients with Dysfunction of Ancillary GI Organs

1. Discuss the outcomes for the patient with acute pancreatitis.

2. Discuss the assessment needed for the patient with abdominal dysfunction.

3. Discuss the diagnostic studies needed for the patient with GI dysfunction.

4. Discuss therapeutic communication with the terminal patient.

5. Explain the purpose of Hospice care.

6. Describe the types of grief.

7. Discuss the diagnostic studies needed for the patient with liver dysfunction.

8. Discuss the nursing interventions for the patient with acute abdominal trauma.

9. Discuss the nursing interventions for the patient with nausea and vomiting.

10. Discuss the nursing diagnoses for the patient with pancreatic cancer.

11. Discuss the legal implications of death and dying.

12. Discuss the types of grief and grief responses.

13. Discuss the concerns of the dying patient.

14. Differentiate between Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.

15. Discuss the nursing care of the patient with liver disease.

16. Discuss the diagnostic studies for the patient with pancreatitis.

17. Discuss the education for the patient with GERD.

18. Discuss the assessment needed for the patient who has had surgery for a hiatal hernia repair.



19. Discuss the assessment needed for the patient with fecal impaction.

20. Discuss the nutritional education for the patient with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

21. Discuss the psychosocial manifestations of approaching death.

Dosage and Calculations
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