Bleeding for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)

The patient’s abdominal X-ray reveals a fusiform infrarenal non-dissecting aortic aneurysm. Which nursing diagnosis would be the highest priority for this patient?

The most common causes of upper GI bleeding include:

The nurse knows that such abdominal emergencies as obstruction, perforation, and acute intractable hemorrhage are typically treated by:

Lower GI bleeding is characterized by bleeding from:

In assessing the patient’s health status, the nurse should know that hematemesis is most commonly caused by:

In a patient with prolonged bleeding, anemia is a potential complication. The nurse assesses for anemia by noting signs of pallor in the patient’s:

The patient’s BP suddenly drops to 88/60 mmHg and his pulse increases to 130 beats/minute. After administration of 500 mL of Lactated Ringer’s solution, the patient’s BP increases to 100/70 mmHg and his pulse rate decreases to 100 beats/minute. The nurse’s priority at this time would be to:

Which condition is the most common cause of lower GI bleeding?

Which diagnostic test would the nurse anticipate for a patient with lower gastrointestinal bleeding?

The nurse knows that a patient on long-term anticoagulant therapy must be carefully monitored for potential hemorrhagic complications that most commonly affect the: