Linton: Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 6th Edition
Chapter 41: Liver, Gallbladder, and Pancreatic Disorders
Answer Key – Open-Book Quiz
1. Explore the patient’s daily routine, including dietary intake and patterns of activity
2. The specimen can be obtained through an incision under general anesthesia (open
4. The patient with hepatitis needs to maintain a fluid intake of 2500 to 3000 mL/day
5. Alcoholic cirrhosis—liver enlarges, becomes “knobby,” and then shrinks;
6. The goal in drug therapy in hepatic encephalopathy is aimed at correcting the cause
7. Liver enlargement, weight loss, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, and dull pain in the upper
right quadrant of the abdomen
8. Acute cholecystitis is managed symptomatically. Analgesics and anticholinergics are
10. Frequent turning, coughing, and deep breathing; the semi-Fowler position promotes
lung expansion