LPN 132 Q&A Bundle

MRI or CT: Why one or the other? MRI is used to evaluate abnormalities in the liver or other abdominal structures. CT is used to visualize soft tissue and density changes when sonography is inconclusive to detect tumors, abscesses, trauma, cysts, inflammation and bleeding. which is a risk factor to...

Aging causes which change in the gastrointestinal system? diminished sense of taste and smell when providing a patient teaching, the nurse advises the patient to avoid what to prevent pancreatitis consuming large quantities of alcohol after a patient has received a bowel prep, such as GoLytely, in...

The muscular region between the vagina and the anus is called the: perineum The external opening of the urethra of the urinary bladder located below the clitoris within the folds of the labia minora is called the: urethral meatus The long tube that stores sperm and conducts the sperm from the test...

During a morning assessment, the nurse observes that a patient displays bulging flanks when supine with the knees flexed. Which action should the nurse take next? Measure the patient's abdominal girth When a 90-year-old resident in a long-term care facility becomes progressively confused and irrit...