Question 8 - Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary, Gynecology, and Obstetrical Emergencies Practice Test for the CEN

The nurse is caring for a 75-year-old man with a history of alcohol use disorder who has been diagnosed with alcoholic cirrhosis. The patient asks the nurse why he has been experiencing swelling in his lower extremities. What is the best answer?

Hint

Be alert for words like better, best, more, most/mostly, main/mainly, major/majority, higher/highest, greater/greatest, biggest, largest, strongly/strongest, significant, essential, preferred, ideal/ideally, closest, special, especially critical, crucial, predominantly, definitely, absolutely, largely, key, and primary/primarily, specific/specifically in questions. They indicate that there might be other answers that could work, but the correct answer is the one that is the best of the choices given.

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