Lembar kerja Medikal-bedah: saluran cerna, perioperatif & onkologi dengan jawaban

Why are pressure garments worn after burns heal?

1. ATo reduce raised, thick scarring
2. BTo hide the scars from other people
3. CTo keep the patient warm in winter
4. DTo prevent infection of the healed skin

Pain is usually called chronic when it lasts longer than about how long?

1. AThree days
2. BThree hours
3. CThree months
4. DThree weeks

Why should rings, watches and tight clothing be removed early after a burn to the arm?

1. AThey make the burn look worse in photographs
2. BMetal items always cause infection in burns
3. CSwelling may follow, and they could cut off the circulation
4. DThey interfere with the rule of nines calculation of burn size

What is anticipatory nausea in chemotherapy?

1. ANausea that starts about a week after each cycle and lasts for days
2. BNausea caused by low blood glucose
3. CNausea triggered by reminders of treatment before it is given
4. DNausea caused only by the smell of food

What is the most important safety point about misoprostol?

1. AIt strongly raises blood glucose in people with diabetes
2. BIt causes severe constipation in most patients
3. CIt can cause miscarriage and must not be used in pregnancy
4. DIt must be given only by deep intramuscular injection

Why do patients with major burns lose so much fluid in the first 24–48 hours?

1. ALeaky capillaries let plasma move into the tissues
2. BThe burned skin absorbs fluid from the air
3. CPatients drink far too little in hospital in the first days
4. DThe kidneys stop making urine completely

A patient with a severe flare of ulcerative colitis develops abdominal distension, fever and tachycardia, and the stool frequency has dropped. What should the nurse suspect?

1. ASimple constipation from low intake
2. BHaemorrhoids caused by diarrhoea
3. CToxic megacolon
4. DThe flare is getting better

Four patients are on a gastroenterology ward. Which should the nurse see first?

1. AA patient with GORD who wants an antacid
2. BA patient with stable ulcerative colitis asking about diet
3. CA patient with an ileostomy waiting to change the pouch
4. DA patient with cirrhosis who is newly confused and drowsy