Gastrointestinal System

Digestion, absorption, GI signaling, and failure pattern recognition.

System focus

  • Perfusion-first framing for every failure pattern
  • Cell factory mapping for predictable clinical cues
  • Safety priorities and NGN-aligned decision steps
GI overview

Watch & Learn

1 with video

Watch the lesson video, then open its tutorial.

Pancreatitis
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Pancreatitis and Gallbladder Disease: Causes, Labs and Biliary Obstruction

Perfusion-first, Ca/glucose monitoring.

More tutorials

23 items
Nurse Life: GI Unit Edition Part 2 - Advanced Care preview
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Ostomy Care, Tube Feeding and Liver Failure: A GI Unit Simulation

Cell focus: Enterocyte and parietal cell

Nurse Life: GI Unit Edition Part 3 - Procedures & Post-Surgical Care preview
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GI Procedures and Post-Operative Care: A GI Unit Simulation

Cell focus: Enterocyte and parietal cell

Complete GI Factory Tutorial | Cell-Factory Method preview
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Gastrointestinal System Review: Anatomy, Diagnostics, Tubes, Ostomies and GI Disorders

Cell focus: Enterocyte and parietal cell

Care of the Patient with GI Problems
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GI Disorders A to Z: 50 Gastrointestinal Conditions Reviewed

Full GI problems pathway with embedded local audio.

GI - Question Taking Approach
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GI Case Studies: Integrated Practice Across All Modules

NCLEX-style GI case drills mapped across perfusion rungs from stable to decompensated shock.

GI Case Studies Supplemental
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GI Case Studies: Cirrhosis, Appendicitis, Diverticulitis, Varices, Hernia, Hemorrhoids, Colorectal Cancer, NG Tubes and Ileus

Supplemental GI NCLEX case drills that reinforce the question-taking method.

Perfusion First CJ Wizard
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Clinical Judgment Practice: Case-Based Cue Analysis

Clinical judgment wizard focused on perfusion-first cue handling and rapid prioritization.

Agent Smooth
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GI Motility: Smooth Muscle, Tissue Types and Nervous System Control

Perfusion-first smooth muscle storyline.

GI Intro
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Introduction to the Gastrointestinal System: The Digestive Organs

Overview of perfusion-first GI cell factories.

GI Module 2
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Swallowing and Aspiration Risk: The Pharyngeal Phase

Continuation of GI foundations.

GI Module 3
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Esophageal Function and Motility Disorders: Peristalsis, the LES and GERD

GI foundations part 3.

GERD
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GERD (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease): Causes, Medications, Nursing Care and Pediatric GERD

Reflux, lower esophageal tone, cue recognition.

PUD & UGIB
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Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD) and Upper GI Bleeding

Perfusion-first control of acid and bleed.

Gastritis
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Gastritis and H. pylori Infection: NSAID Injury and Bleeding Risk

Goblet/parietal factories under stress.

Esophageal emergencies
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Esophageal Varices and Mallory-Weiss Tears: Upper GI Bleeding Emergencies

Mallory-Weiss, variceal bleed priorities.

Lower GI bleed
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Lower GI Bleeding: Diverticular Disease, Angiodysplasia and Colorectal Polyps

Diverticular vs angiodysplasia cues/actions.

IBD
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD): Crohn's Disease vs Ulcerative Colitis

Transmural vs mucosal injury, nutrition.

Bowel obstruction
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Bowel Obstruction: Small vs Large Bowel, Mechanical vs Paralytic Ileus

Small vs large, NG, perfusion watch.

Peritonitis
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Peritonitis: Causes, Shock and Nursing Care

Sepsis bundle, perfusion rescue.

Nutrition & absorption
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Nutrition and Malabsorption: Absorption, Malnutrition, Enteral and Parenteral Feeding

Villus factories, refeeding watch.

Hepatocyte Cell Factory Tutorial preview
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Liver Function, Liver Labs, Cirrhosis and Hepatitis

Cell focus: Hepatocyte metabolism, detox pathways, and synthetic function

GI Cell Factory Visual
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GI Disorders Visual Guide: Diverticular Disease, Hemorrhoids, Varices and Pancreatitis

Visual GI mapping of perfusion, transport, and failure cues for rapid mechanism recall.

Hepatobiliary Disorders

video + tutorial
Moved from Fundamentals

Liver Disorders: Cirrhosis, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Varices, Ascites and Hepatitis

Cirrhosis, varices, ascites, encephalopathy, lactulose, and hepatitis routes.