NCLEX Review Gastrointestinal System
The Gastrointestinal System
Time Management: (Total: 2 hrs.)
Gastrointestinal Diseases
HIATAL HERNIA (5 mins.)
GERD/ GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE (5 mins.)
PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE (10 mins.)
- DUODENAL ULCER
- GASTRIC ULCER
GASTRIC CARCINOMA (5 mins.)
COLORECTAL CANCER (5 mins.)
APPENDICITIS (5 mins.)
DIVERTICULITIS (5 mins.)
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES: (10 mins.)
- CHRON’S DISEASE
- ULCERATIVE COLITIS
HEPATITIS (10 mins.)
CIRRHOSIS (5 mins.)
CHOLECYSTITIS & CHOLELITHIASIS (5 mins.)
PANCREATITIS (5 mins.)
Pediatric Diseases (10 mins.)
Hirschsprung’s Disease (Anglionic Megacolon) (5 mins.)
ENTEROBIASIS (PINWORMS) (5 mins.)
Celiac Disease (5 mins.)
RE-REVIEW ENTIRE SYSTEM (45 MINS)
THE GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM IS COMPOSED OF THE:
- MOUTH
- SALIVARY GLANDS
- ESOPHAGUS
- STOMACH
- SMALL INTESTINE
- LARGE INTESTINE (COLON)
- LIVER
- GALLBLADDER
- PANCREAS
DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT:
♠ Barium Swallow (Upper GI)
- Barium contrast is used
- NPO prior of procedure
- Administer laxative (post) as prescribed
– Esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)
- VISUALIZATION OF THE UPPER G.I. BY ENDOSCOPE.
Fecal occult blood
- Advise patient prior procedure to avoid iron and read meat.
GERD/ GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
Chron’s Disease:
- Crampy abdominal pain
- Diarrhea is not bloody
- Weight Loss
- Fatigue and fever
Ulcerative Colitis:
- Abdominal Pain
- Bloody Diarrhea w/ mucus
Diverticulitis:
- Elevated WBC
- Fever and pain
GALLBLADDER DISEASE:
CHOLECYSTITIS & CHOLELITHIASIS
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