A nurse is caring for a patient who is 2 days postoperative from abdominal surgery.
The patient reports discomfort from abdominal distension and flatus. Which of the following suggestions should the nurse include?

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? 

The nurse is gathering information from a patient who has GERD. Which of the following observations is a symptom of GERD?

A nurse is providing dietary advice to a patient who has GERD.
Which of the following food choices by the patient would indicate an understanding of the advice?

A nurse is reinforcing home safety information with an older adult client.
Which of the following statements indicates that the client needs further instruction?

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 nurse is collecting data on a client who has acute pancreatitis.
Which of the following factors should the nurse anticipate in the client’s history?

Which of the following statements by the patient would indicate a correct understanding of peptic ulcer disease?

The nurse is taking care of a patient with H. pylori.
What is a common nursing intervention to manage H. pylori infection?

A client has esophageal cancer.Which intervention by the nurse takes priority?

The nurse is preparing to provide care for a client diagnosed with peptic ulcer disease.
Which pathophysiological characteristic will the nurse correctly associate with the patient’s diagnosis?