GI Elimination

Question 1

retention amount post void

Answer 1

greater than 100

Question 2

Hesitancy

Answer 2

difficulty initiating urine

Question 3

leakage of urine despite voluntary control

Answer 3

Dribbling

Question 4

Accumulation of urine in bladder without ability to completely empty

Answer 4

Retention

Question 5

urine remains >100 post void

Answer 5

residual

Question 6

pressure when expelling feces by contracting abd muscles while maintaining close airway

Answer 6

Valsalva Maneuver

Question 7

T/F: older people has less mastication and prone to constipation

Answer 7

True

Question 8

common problem in older adults

Answer 8

constipation

Question 9

primary risk factor in development of IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)

Answer 9

stress

Question 10

regular intake of food promotes:

Answer 10

peristalsis

Question 11

Factors affecting Bowel Elimination

Answer 11

sociocultural factors, nutrition, activity, medications, surgery or procedure, pregnancy, pathological conditions

Question 12

how to promote regular defecation

Answer 12

privacy, position, timing, fluid intake, proper diet, exercise

Question 13

What is flexi-seal rectal tube?

Answer 13

used with severe incontinence

Question 14

What to do with severe diarhhea?

Answer 14

check hydration status

Question 15

Type 1

Answer 15

severe constipation- separate hard lumps

Question 16

Type 2

Answer 16

mild constipation- lumpy and sausage like

Question 17

Type 3

Answer 17

ideal- sausage shape with cracks

Question 18

Type 4

Answer 18

ideal- smooth, soft sausage

Question 19

Type 5

Answer 19

lacking fiber- soft blobs w. clear edges

Question 20

Type 6

Answer 20

mild diarrhea- mushy

Question 21

Type 7

Answer 21

severe diarrhea- liquid

Question 22

maintains fluid balance in the body by regulation amount of make-up of fluids inside and around the cells

Answer 22

kidneys

Question 23

if ADH is high

Answer 23

more water absorbed > higher concentration> small urine volume

Question 24

if ADH is low

Answer 24

more water is excreted> large volume of urine

Question 25

Aldosterone

Answer 25

increases sodium reabsorption and helps control potassium

Question 26

Two hormones responsible for fluid balance

Answer 26

ADH- pituitary gland
Aldosterone- adrenal gland

Question 27

kidneys produce approximately: per hour?
per day?

Answer 27

50-60 ml/hr
1500/daily

Question 28

how many times a day is normal intake

Answer 28

5-6

Question 29

measure of dissolved solutes in a solution

Answer 29

Specific Gravity

Question 30

if urine solutes increase, specific gravity:

Answer 30

increases

Question 31

when fluid intake intake decreases, urine becomes darker. What happens to specific gravity?

Answer 31

rises

Question 32

applied to tip of penis and attached to a collection bag

Answer 32

condom cath

Question 33

lays between labia and attached to suction device

Answer 33

purewick

Question 34

inserted into the bladder and attached to collection bag

Answer 34

foley cath

Question 35

if you need to collect urine from pt who can’t stand. Which device do you use?

Answer 35

straight cath

Question 36

Intake fluids that need to be recorded

Answer 36

FI(3)TS- fluids, IV fluids, ice chips, irrigations, tube feeding

Question 37

Output fluids

Answer 37

DUDE- diarrhea, urine output, drainage from suction wound, emesis

Question 38

how to document urine in brief

Answer 38

weight scale