Nursing care plans then Gastrointestinal
Gastrointestinal Care Plans
Bleeding, obstruction, and liver failure. Watch volume status and mental status together rather than separately.
14 plans in this system
Volume and mental status move together here more than students expect. Bleeding, obstruction, and liver failure all present with findings that look separate and are not, so these plans keep the two assessments side by side.
Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
These items test recognition of concealed volume loss and the priority between assessment and intervention.
CP-021Members onlyCirrhosis with Hepatic Encephalopathy
These items test the nurse who notices a mental status change and knows what lactulose is titrated to.
CP-022Members onlySmall Bowel Obstruction
These items turn on recognizing strangulation and on nasogastric tube management.
CP-077Members onlyAcute Pancreatitis
Items make you choose between fluid and analgesia, and fluid wins in the first day.
CP-078Members onlyCholecystitis and Cholecystectomy
The stem hands you shoulder pain after a laparoscopic cholecystectomy and offers both ambulation and notify the surgeon.
CP-079Members onlyAppendicitis and Peritonitis
Almost every appendicitis item is built on the sudden relief of pain, and the distractors are all reasonable if you read relief as improvement.
CP-080Members onlyPeptic Ulcer Disease
Expect an item that gives the timing of the pain and asks which ulcer it is, and one that gives melena in a patient who feels well and asks what to do first.
CP-081Members onlyGastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Hiatal Hernia
Reflux items reward the mechanical answer over the pharmacologic one.
CP-082Members onlyInflammatory Bowel Disease
The item usually gives a patient with colitis whose diarrhea has improved, and the correct reading is that the abdomen is distending and this is deterioration.
CP-083Members onlyDiverticulitis
The reliable item gives you a patient in one phase and offers the diet for the other.
CP-084Members onlyColorectal Cancer and Colostomy Care
Stoma color is the most reliable single item in this plan, and the correct action for dusky or black is always report rather than reposition or reapply.
CP-085Members onlyAcute Gastroenteritis and Diarrhea
Items pick an infant or an older adult on purpose, because compensation hides depletion until it is severe.
CP-086Members onlyBariatric Surgery Recovery
The leak item gives a heart rate of about 120 with no fever and offers reassurance and analgesia alongside notify the surgeon.
CP-087Members onlyEnteral Nutrition and Tube Feeding
Expect a positioning item and a verification item in almost any tube feeding set, and the auscultation option is always wrong.
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