Pancreatitis: NCLEX Style Questions

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Pancreatitis NCLEX Style Quiz

Test your knowledge on pancreatitis with this comprehensive NCLEX-style quiz designed specifically for nursing students and professionals. This quiz features a variety of questions that will help you reinforce your understanding of pancreatitis and its management.

Key features of the quiz:

  • 10 challenging questions
  • Multiple choice and checkbox formats
  • Instant feedback for each question
10 Questions2 MinutesCreated by HealingNurse423
What client problem is a priority for the client diagnosed with acute pancreatitis?
Risk for fluid volume deficit
Imbalanced nutrition: less than requirements
Alteration in comfort
Knowledge deficit related to recent diagnosis of acute pancreatitis
The nurse should assess for an important early indicator of acute pancreatitis, which is a prolonged and elevated level of:
Serum calcium
Serum amylase
Serum bilirubin
Serum lipase
A patient who received treatment for pancreatitis is being discharged home. You're providing diet teaching to the patient. Which statement by the patient requires immediate re-education about the diet restrictions?
It will be hard but I will eat a diet low in fat and avoid greasy foods."
"It is very important I limit my alcohol intake to no more than 2-3 glasses of wine a week."
"I will concentrate on eating complex carbohydrates rather than refined carbohydrates."
"I will purchase foods that are high in protein."
Select ALL that apply: In the pancreas, the acinar cells release:
Amylase
Somatostatin
Lipase
Protease
A major symptom of pancreatitis that brings the patient to medical care is:
Severe abdominal pain
Fever
Jaundice
Mental agitation
While assisting a patient with chronic pancreatitis to the bathroom, you note the patient's stool to be oily/greasy in appearance. In your documentation you note this as:
Melana
Currant
Hematochezia
Steatorrhea
A patient with acute pancreatitis is reporting excessive thirst, excessive voiding, and blurred vision. What is the nurse’s priority action?
Reassure the patient this is normal with pancreatitis
Provide a dark and calm environment
Assist the patient with drinking a simple sugar drink like orange juice
Check the patient's blood glucose
Nursing measures for pain relief for pancreatitis include:
Encouraging bed rest to decrease metabolic rate
Teaching the patient about the correlation between alcohol intake and pain
Withholding oral feedings to limit the release of secretin
All of the above
Pancreatitis is commonly characterized by:
Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
Edema and inflammation
Pleural effusion
Sepsis
The client with an acute exacerbation of chronic pancreatitis has a nasogastric tube. Which interventions should the nurse implement? Select ALL that apply.
Monitor the bowel sounds
Monitor food intake
Assess IV site
Provide oral and nasal care
Monitor blood glucose
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