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BOWEL ELIMINATION
FUNDAMENTALS
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Nursing
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2012

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BOWEL ELIMINATION?
Definition
CONTINUOUS COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE PRODUCTS, TOXINS, FOREIGN BODIES AND EXCESS FLUIDS FROM THE GI TRACT.
Term
WHAT SIDE SHOULD THE NURSE MOVE THE PATIENT TO GET RID OF GAS?
Definition
MOVE PATIENT TO THE RIGHT, THIS WILL MOVE GAS TO THE DESCENDING COLON
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WHAT CAN DELAY OR PREVENT REGULAR BOWEL MOVEMENT?
Definition
UNFAMILIAR, UNCLEAN LOCATION, LACK OF PRIVACY, FEAR OF EMBARRASSMENT
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WHAT CAN ALTER BELIEFS ABOUT GI AND BOWEL FUNCTION?
Definition
BOWEL HYGIENE AND HABITS LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD
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WHAT IS CONSTIPATION?
Definition
INFREQUENT PASSAGE OF HARD/DRY STOOL PAINFUL AND SOMETIMES CAUSES HEMORRHOIDS
Term
WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF NAUSEA?
Definition
CONSTIPATION
Term
BOWEL OBSTRUCTION?
Definition
BLOCKAGE, STRICTURE, TRAUMA, FECAL IMPACTION, FOREIGN BODY ADHESIONS
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WHAT IS DIARRHEA?
Definition
PASSAGE OF FREQUENT, WATERY, STOOLS OFTERN WITH SKIN IRRITAION.
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HOW WOULD THE NURSE KNOW HOW TO DIFFERNCIATE WHEN A PATIENT HAS DIARRHEA OF WHEN ITS NORMAL?
Definition
FREQUENT OR WATERY STOOL IS NOT DIARRHEA YOU NEED TO WAIT TO SEE A PATTERN TO DETERMINE IF THE PATIENT HAS DIARRHEA
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