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Bowel Elimination Flashcards

1
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Small intestine’s function:

A

Both absorption and digestion

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2
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Colon’s three functions:

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absorption, secretion, elimination

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3
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When can children control defecation?

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2-3 years

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4
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Recommended fluid intake

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3.7 L for men and 2.7 L for women

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5
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Stress causes…

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diarrhea.

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6
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Depression causes…

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constipation.

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7
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Normal position for defecation…

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squatting.

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8
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Regional vs. inhaled anesthetics

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Regional does not affect bowel activity…inhaled does.

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9
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Ileus

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Lasts about 24 to 48 hours…stops bowel peristalis.

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10
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Endoscopies, colonoscopies, visualization of the GI tract.

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NPO for several hours before

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11
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Constipation

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Symptom, NOT disease.

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12
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Fecal impaction

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Can’t poop because feces are stuck in the rectum. Person feels like they need to but can’t.

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13
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Patients at risk for fecal impaction

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Debilitated, confused, unconscious

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14
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Common cause for diarrhea.

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C. difficile. Contact/enteric isolation precautions.

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15
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Transverse colostomy stool output

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thick liquid to soft consistency

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16
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Loop ostomies

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REVERSIBLE. Proximal end drains poop, and distal end drains mucus.

17
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End ostomies

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permanent or reversible

18
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Hemmorhoids

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ice pack or warm sitz bath helps

19
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For fecal occult tests…

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3 cm mass of formed stool or 15 to 30 mL of liquid stool need to be collected. Measures blood in the feces. Three times on three different bowel movements.

20
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Fecal fat…

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three to five day collection

21
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For a guaiac fecal occult blood test…

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no red meat, vitamin C supplements, and citrus fruits and juices for 3 days. Also no NSAIDS for 7 days.

22
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Patient with a bedpan…

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Elevate head of bed 30 to 45 degrees.

23
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Cathartics…

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stronger and quicker than laxatives.

24
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Only give normal saline…

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for infants and children with enemas.

25
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Warning signs for colon cancer…

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  1. Bowel habits change.
  2. Rectal bleeding or blood in stool.
  3. Incomplete evacuation.
  4. Abdominal and back pain.
26
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Fleet enemas…

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don’t use for dehydration and young infants.

27
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Soapsuds enemas…

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be careful with pregnant women and older adults.

28
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Low enemas…

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only rectum and sigmoid colon.

29
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NG tube categories…

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Fine or small bore tubes: medication administration and enteral feedings.
Large bore tubes: 12 Fr and above…gastric decompression and removal of gastric secretions

30
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Ostomies…

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empty pouch when half full and change every 3 to 7 days.

31
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Watch out for people with ileostomies…

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food blockages with indigestible fiber.

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