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ANCC Medical-Surgical Nursing Exam Prep

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The client presents with severe rectal bleeding, 16 diarrheal stools a day, severe abdominal pain, tenesmus, and dehydration. Because of these symptoms, the nurse should be alert for other problems associated with what disease?
  1. Crohn’s disease
  2. Ulcerative colitis
  3. Diverticulitis
  4. Peritonitis
Explanation
Answer - B - Ulcerative colitis. Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory condition producing edema and ulceration affecting the entire colon. Ulcerations lead to sloughing that causes stools as many as 10-20 times a day that is filled with blood, pus, and mucus. The other symptoms mentioned accompany the problem.
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