GI Exam Questions and Answers 2024

GI Exam Questions and Answers 2024 Tube feedings are given to a client after an oral surgery. The nurse manages tube feedings to minimize the risk of aspiration. Which measures should the nurse include in the care plan to reduce the risk of aspiration? - Answer ️️ -Place the client in a semi-Fowler position during and 30 to 60 minutes after an intermittent feeding. A client has a Salem Sump tube inserted for gastric decompression. The physician orders the tube to be attached to low intermittent suction. The nurse attaches the tube to the wall suction unit. Which setting would be appropriate? - Answer ️️ -45 mmHg A client is receiving enteral nutrition via an unvented nasogastric tube. Which suction settings will most likely prevent the tube from adhering to the wall of the client's stomach? - Answer ️️ -intermittent suction at 40 to 60 mmHg The nurse is placing a nasogastric tube when the client becomes short of breath, coughs, and has difficulty breathing. What is the priority nursing action? - Answer ️️ -Stop placement and assess for signs of respiratory distress. The nurse is preparing to insert a nasogastric tube into a client who is very anxious. Which nursing intervention is appropriate? - Answer ️️ -Agree upon a hand signal for when the client needs a pause. A nurse administers a continuous tube feeding via an NG tube. The nurse must check for residual every: - Answer ️️ -4 to 6 hours The nurse is checking placement of a nasogastric tube that has been in place for 2 days. The tube is draining green aspirate. What does this color of aspirate indicate? - Answer ️️ -the tube is in the stomach A client with significant nutritional deficits is being placed on tube feedings. The client's condition indicates that he will need these feedings for a minimum of 6 to 8 weeks and possibly longer. The nurse would anticipate the use of which tube? - Answer ️️ -gastostomy The nurse is flushing a client's feeding tube with 50 mL of water after giving medications through it. When the client asks, "Why are you doing that?" what is the appropriate nursing response? - Answer ️️ -Water helps keep the feeding tube free from obstruction A client who has been receiving tube feedings is beginning to take in oral food and fluids. To facilitate weaning the client from tube feedings, which delivery method does the nurse anticipate? - Answer ️️ -cyclic feedings The nurse should begin the process of removing a client's nasogastric (NG) tube by: - Answer ️️ -confirming the physicians order to remove the tube