The nurse provides postoperative care for a patient one day after colostomy surgery. The nurse expects that the patient’s stoma will be which color?

All polyps are considered abnormal and should be removed

Which test would the physician use to identify upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding if the physician was unable to perform an endoscopy?

The admission assessment for a patient with acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding indicates blood pressure 82/40 mm Hg, pulse 124/min, and respiratory rate 26/min. Which admission order does the nurse implement first?

A patient who has undergone an esophagectomy for esophageal cancer develops increasing pain, fever, and dyspnea when a full liquid diet is started postoperatively. The nurse recognizes these symptoms are most indicative of:

Five days after undergoing a Billroth I procedure, a patient receives a prescription for a regular diet. Two hours after the patient consumed a meal, which consisted of pasta, salad, and garlic bread, the nurse assesses the patient and documents the findings. The nurse recognizes the need to take which action? Assessment:  HR- 112/mt, RR- 22 /min,BP: 118/68 mm Hg, O2 saturation: 95% on room air, skin is diaphoretic, patient is alert to name only.  

The diagnostic test of choice to diagnose colorectal cancer is

The nurse notes that a patient who had a total esophagectomy 24hrs ago has a bloody drainage from the nasogastric (NG) tube. Which action would the nurse take?  

A 34-year-old patient is admitted with severe diarrhea, which has been going on for 2 weeks. The nurse would anticipate the assessments of:

A competent patient who reports being a Jehovah’s Witness is hospitalized with gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and confirms not wanting to receive blood products. Which action by the nurse is best when the patient becomes unconscious and packed red blood cells are prescribed?