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Clinical Nurse Specialist CNS Adult Practice Test

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A client was rushed in due to severe abdominal pain unrelieved by repositioning. Assessment shows a high fever and yellowish hue of the skin. The client’s friends reported that they had been drinking hard liquor the whole night. The client was diagnosed with pancreatitis. The nurse understands that pancreatitis is caused by:
  1. Significant alcohol ingestion
  2. Pancreatic infection
  3. Pancreatic inflammation from fatty foods
  4. Pancreatic breakdown from its own enzymes
Explanation
Answer: D - Pancreatitis is an inflammatory disease of the pancreatic gland which results in auto-digestion by its own enzyme. Manifestations of pancreatitis are abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. A common cause of acute pancreatitis is a heavy meal or drinking too much alcohol.
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