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Anajune7

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The nurse practitioner is examining a 62-year-old female who has been complaining of lower abdominal pain. Upon auscultation, bowel sounds are high pitched and tinkling. Which of the following terms describes this finding?
 
  A. Succession splash
  B. Borborygmi
  C. Tenesmus
  D. Puddle sign

Question 2

In teaching an older adult female client with end-stage renal disease her medication regimen, the nurse practitioner must include which of the following pieces of information in the treatment plan?
 
  A. Report any changes in the color of her stool
  B. Take iron supplement and elemental calcium with each meal
  C. Take iron supplement before meals and the calcium after meals
  D. Take calcium with a high phosphorus meal



chjcharjto14

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C



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