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Urinary Elimination Flashcards

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Subjective GI System Assessment

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History
Medications
Surgery
Lifestyle
Diet
Weight changes (intentional or not)
Abdominal distention; pain
Changes in urine timing or appearance

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Abdominal Assessment (In Order)

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Inspection
Auscultation
Palpation
Percussion

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Inspection:

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Provide privacy
Provide warm comfortable environment
Drape the patient
Adequate lighting
Raise bed to improve observation

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Inspect abdomen for:

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Rashes or lesions
Scars
Venous pattern (fine veins or engorged prominent veins)
Color (may be paler than overall skin; abdominal - dark bluish striae, redness, purple flank color, pale & taut with ascites

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Normal; Abnormal Contour

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Normal: Rounded, flat
Abnormal: Distention

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Normal; Abnormal Symmetry

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Normal: Symmetrical
Abnormal: Asymmetrical

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Normal; Abnormal Surface Motion

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Normal: No movements or slight peristalsis visualized over aorta.
Abnormal: Bounding peristalsis or pulsations

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Normal; Abnormal Stool Color

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Normal: Brown to dark; brown
Abnormal: Black, tarry, bright red

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Normal; Abnormal Emesis color

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Normal: Varies
Abnormal: Bloody (hematemesis), coffee grounds (old blood)

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Normal; Abnormal Urine Color

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Normal: Clear, yellow, odorless
Abnormal: Tea, orange, green, cloudy, purulent (pus), bloody (hematuria), foul odor.

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Profolol (high doses) can cause:

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Green urine

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Pus in urine indicates:

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UTI

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What is located in the RUQ?

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Liver, transverse colon, gallbladder

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What is located in the LUQ?

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Stomach

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What is located in the RLQ?

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Ascending colon, appendix

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What is located in the LLQ?

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Small intestine, descending colon, sigmoid colon

17
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Auscultation of bowel sounds:

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Use stethoscope to listen to bowel sounds in all 4 quadrants.
Normal is 5-30 sounds/minute
Must listen for ONE minute (minimum) in each quadrant.
If absent sounds, listen for an additional minute.

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Borborygmus

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Rumbling noise caused by the movement of gas through the intestines

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