It Is Thought That a Patient May Be Experiencing Pancreatitis

question 20

Multiple Choice

It is thought that a patient may be experiencing pancreatitis. Which nursing action would be useful in helping diagnose this disorder?

• A) The patient bends the right knee and flexes the right hip, while the nurse flexes the thigh to a right angle and externally and internally rotates the leg.
• B) The nurse inquires with radiology when an endoscopy can be scheduled for the patient.
• C) The nurse anticipates that the patient's health care provider will order a barium enema.
• D) Placing the hand on the lateral surface of the patient's flexed right thigh, the nurse asks the patient to push against the applied resistance.

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