What action should the nurse take before starting an enteral feeding using a newly inserted nasogastric feeding tube?

What action should the nurse take before starting an enteral feeding using a newly inserted nasogastric feeding tube?

Which nursing action is most appropriate after a liver biopsy is performed on a patient with cirrhosis?

The nurse instructs a client prescribed omeprazole for peptic ulcer disease about the use of the medication. Which patient statements indicate understanding of the instructions? (Select all that apply.)

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 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?

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 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? 

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

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? 

A nurse is assisting with a class about the long-term effects of childhood obesity.
Which of the following conditions should the nurse include as a potential complication of childhood obesity?