36. A patient has had a portion of the stomach and small intestine removed and has been prescribed. Question
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36. A patient has had a portion of the stomach and small intestine removed and has been prescribed vitamin B12 injections. The patient wants to know why the injections are required. Which of the following is the best response?
a. You have pernicious anemia and injections will cure the problem
b. Do to your surgery your body to not absorb the vitamin from the food you eat
c. you will only need to take injections until your body starts making the B12 you need
37. A patient with heart failure is admitted to the hospital. The patient is taking a loop diuretic. The Physician has given an order to give digoxin immediately. The nurse reviews the just completed electrolyte levels that include a sodium level of 142 mEq/L, a chloride level of 95 mEq/L, and a potassium level of 2.8 mEq/L. What is the priority action the nurse should take?
a. Give the digoxin and maintain close cardiac monitoring
b. Hold the loop diuretic and get the digoxin
c. Hold the digoxin and report the laboratory values to the prescriber
39. A patient with decreased tissue perfusion is receiving a drug that activates both alpha 1 and beta 1 receptors to improve cardiac output and blood pressure. Other than an increase in blood pressure which indicator would the nurse use to evaluate a successful response to the medication?
a. Improved gastric mobility
b. weight gain
c. increase in urine output
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36. A patient has had a portion of the stomach and small intestine removed and has been prescribed