Elimination and Abdominal Flashcards
Urine Documentation
Consistency-Oder-Color-Clarity
Catheter Size
8-10 peds
14-16 Females
14-18 males
Abdomen Assessment
-Inspect
-Listen
-Percuss
-Palpate
Hemoccult turns blue
Blood in the stool
Fecal Management System
-Extremely short term
-For watery diarrhea
Clostomy
Change every 3/5 days
Empty patch at 1/3
Size stoma, Stool, Condition around stoma,
Burp the bag
Inspect the abdomen for
Contour, symmetry, skin, pulsation, and demeanor
How many times do you listen in each quadrant?
3 times (5-30 per min)
Auscultate over what for what sounds?
The aorta for vascular sound
Listening for bruit
USE BELL
Hearing bruit means what?
Narrowing of artery
Percussion
3 times in each area and listen for tympani
Palpation lightly
Tenderness and rigidity
Palpate deeply
Tenderness and masses
Suprapubic