Chapter 34: Care of the Adult with a Gastrointestinal Condition
1. Crohn’s disease affects ______.
- any part of the gastrointestinal tract
- the rectum and descending colon
- the small intestine only
- the stomach only
2. Ulcerative colitis affects ______.
- any part of the gastrointestinal tract
- the rectum and descending colon
- the small intestine only
- the stomach only
3. When you are undertaking a patient assessment you need to assess the ______.
- patient’s history of how long they have felt unwell
- patient for physical signs and symptoms
- patient for psycho/social symptoms
- patient holistically
4. For an investigation to diagnose IBD, your patient might undergo ______.
- cystoscopy
- arthroscopy
- colonoscopy
- bronchoscopy
5. To assist your patient to identify what foods trigger their IBD you can ask them to ______.
- complete a food diary and write the symptoms down
- remember what they eat and the symptoms
- do nothing
- take food substances out of their diet
6. A common symptom patients with IBD suffer from is fatigue. You can advise them to cope with this by ______.
- sleeping 12 hr a night
- incorporating rest periods in their day
- doing lots of activities all the time
- resting all day
7. An ileostomy is an opening on to the abdomen from ______.
- the colon
- the bladder
- the small bowel
- the oesophagus
8. A colostomy is an opening on to the abdomen from ______.
- the small bowel
- the bladder
- the colon
- the oesophagus
9. A stoma site should be cleaned with ______.
- nothing
- warm water
- cold water
- cotton wool
10. The colour of a healthy stoma should be ______.
- blue
- dark red
- pale white
- bright pink