N3 Final Study Guide
Chapter 51 Hepatic, Biliary Tract, and Pancreatic Dysfunction: Nursing Management MULTIPLE CHOICE 1.A child care worker complains of flu-like symptoms. On further assessment, hepatitis is suspected. The nurse realizes that this individual is at risk for which type of hepatitis? 1. Hepatitis A 2. Hepatitis B 3. Hepatitis C 4. Hepatitis D ANS: 1 Hepatitis A virus (HAV) is spread through the fecal-oral route. Child care workers are at greater risk because of potentially poor hygiene practices. Child care workers are not at the same risk for contracting hepatitis B, C, or D. 2. An older male is diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. The nurse knows that the most likely cause of this problem is: being in the military. traveling to a foreign country. drinking excessive alcohol. eating bad food. ANS: 3 The destruction to the liver from alcohol often progresses from fatty liver to alcoholic hepatitis and culminates in alcoholic cirrhosis. Alcoholic cirrhosis accounts for a great number of individuals diagnosed with this disease. Cirrhosis is not associated with being in the military, traveling to a foreign country, or eating bad food. 3. When the liver is seriously damaged, ammonia levels can rise in the body. One of the treatments for this is: administering intravenous (IV) neomycin. giving vitamin K.
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