A nurse is caring for a client who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer three days ago. What is the priority nursing intervention for this client?
A nurse is admitting a client with severe upper abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and an elevated amylase and lipase. What is the likely diagnosis?
A nurse is caring for a client with chronic alcohol abuse and is concerned the client may have developed pancreatitis. Which of the following signs are indicative of this? Select all that apply.
A nurse is caring for a client who is complaining of abdominal pain. Upon inspection of the abdomen, what sign should the nurse be looking for to alert you to potential pancreatitis?
The nurse is caring for a client who is being treated for pancreatitis. The provider orders a metabolic panel as part of routine testing and the nurse notes that the client’s calcium level is 5.2 mg/dL. The client asks the nurse what this means. Which of the following responses from the nurse is correct?
A nurse is caring for a client that has been diagnosed with pancreatitis. Which of the following is NOT a complication commonly associated with this disease process?
The nurse is caring for a client who was just diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. Which of the following is the priority nursing intervention?
A nurse is caring for a client with pancreatitis. Which of the following labs would the nurse NOT expect to see? Select all that apply.
The nurse is assessing a client and observes Cullen’s sign and Grey Turner’s sign. The nurse knows that these are signs of which of the following conditions?
A client has a lipase of 405 U/L. The nurse recognizes this to be an issue with which of the following organs?
