Chapter 16 Flashcards
Fracture pan
Bedpan that is used for residents who cannot assist with raising their hips
Urinary incontinence
The inabilities to control the bladder
Defecation
The act of passing feces from the large intestines
Peristalsis
Involuntary that moves food through the gastrointestinal system
Psychology factors
Stress, anger, fear,and depression
Enema
Is a specific amount of water
Fecal impaction
Hard stool hats can’t be expelled
Hemorrhoids
Enlarged veins on the rectum
Fecal incontinence
Inability to control bowels
Peptic ulcers
Raw sores in stomach
Ulcerative colitis
Chronic inflammatory disease of the large intestines
Colorectal cancer
Causes cancer to the Gastrointestinal tract
Ostomy
And surgical opening form the inside the body to the outside
Ureterostomy
Is opening from abdomen for urine to be eliminated
Colostomy
Opening into the large intestines