Nursing Safety Priority

Question 1

What does a bulging, pulsating abdominal mass suggest?

Answer 1

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Question 2

Nursing action if AAA suspected

Answer 2

Do NOT palpate; notify HCP immediately.

Question 3

Do NOT palpate; notify HCP immediately.

Answer 3

Rarely; usually in thin patients.

Question 4

ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURE

Answer 4

“CEELS”

1. Colonoscopy
2. Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)
3. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
4. Laparoscopy (Peritoneoscopy)
5. Sigmoidoscopy
6. Video Capsule Endoscopy

Question 5

RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES

1st six (MaPeSuCoDeGa)

Answer 5

1. Magnetic Resonance Cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
2. Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (PTC)
3. Surgical Cholangiogram
4. Computed Tomography (CT)
5. Defecography
6. Gastric Emptying Breath Test (GEBT)

Question 6

RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES
(2nd six LoMaNu GaHG)

Answer 6

7. Lower GI / Barium Enema
8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
9. Nuclear Imaging (Scintigraphy)
10. Gastric Emptying Study (Nuclear)
11. Hepatobiliary Scintigraphy (HIDA)
12. GI Bleeding Scintigraphy

Question 7

RADIOLOGY PROCEDURES
3rd six SUUEUV

Answer 7

13. Small Bowel Series
14. Upper GI / Barium Swallow
15. Ultrasound – Abdominal
16. Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS)
17. Ultrasound Elastography (Fibroscan)
18. Virtual Colonoscopy