Week 9 Chapter 30

Question 1

How often should people defecate

Answer 1

Everyday or every 2 to 3 days
4 to 6 times a day
What is normal for your client

Question 2

Constipation

Answer 2

Is passage of hard, dry stool with less frequency then normal

Question 3

How long till it is a problem they haven’t defecated

Answer 3

3 days

Question 4

Normal stool is

Answer 4

Brown
Soft
Formed
Moist
Shaped like the rectum

Question 5

Best time to have a bowel movement

Answer 5

20-30 mins after breakfast

Question 6

Why is that a good time to have a bowel movement

Answer 6

Has the most peristalsis

Question 7

Peristalsis

Answer 7

Series of wave like muscles contractions that move food through the digestive tract

Question 8

Fibre is good for

Answer 8

Adds Bulk to move the chyme through

Question 9

How to promote regular bowl movement

Answer 9

Nutrition, fluids, and activity

Question 10

What’s the maximum amount of time you can leave a person on a bedpan

Answer 10

20 mins

Question 11

Hemorrhoids

Answer 11

Swollen veins in the anal canal

Question 12

When should you don’t do the valsalva maneuver

Answer 12

When you have a heart condition

Question 13

Chyme

Answer 13

Food and fluid that are Partially digested in the stomach

Question 14

What can you do as a Psw for constipation

Answer 14

Dietary changes, fluid and activities
Medication and enemas

Question 15

Signs of fecal impaction

Answer 15

Nausea, vomiting, cramping

Question 16

Diarrhea

Answer 16

Frequent passage of liquid stool

Question 17

What should you do if diarrhea persists

Answer 17

Isolation

Question 18

Diarrhea is dangerous for elderly why

Answer 18

They are already dehydrated

Question 19

Signs of dehydration

Answer 19

Dry mucus membrane
Less urine output
Dryer skin
Lower blood pressure
Cognitive impairments

Question 20

Fecal incontinence

Answer 20

Inability to control the passage of feces and gas through the anus

Question 21

How often should you check briefs

Answer 21

Every three hours
Change right after they go

Question 22

Flatulence

Answer 22

Is excessive formation of gas or air in the stomach and intestines

Question 23

Goals of bowel training

Answer 23

To gain control of bowel movements
Develop a regular pattern of elimination

Question 24

Enema

Answer 24

The introduction of fluid into the rectum and lower colon

Question 25

Rectal tubes are inserted

Answer 25

Every 2 to 3 hours
Inserted in 10 cm
Stays there for 30 mins

Question 26

Ostomy

Answer 26

Surgically created opening

Question 27

Colostomy

Answer 27

Surgically created opening between the colon and the abdominal wall
Can be permanent or temporary

Question 28

Ileostomy

Answer 28

Surgically created opening between the ileum and the abdomen

Question 29

How often should you change a Ostomy bag

Answer 29

Every 3 to 7 days
Or when leaking or damaged

Question 30

Colon cancer is on the rise and when do they check for it

Answer 30

50 years old

Question 31

Fecal impaction

Answer 31

Prolonged retention and accumulation of feces in the rectum

Question 32

Digital removal of an impaction

Answer 32

Manually remove fecal mass with a gloved finger

Question 33

Relieve bloating

Answer 33

Exercise, walking, left-side-lying position to produce flatus

Question 34

Suppository

Answer 34

Is a cone-shaped, solid medication

Question 35

The more of the colon that the client has

Answer 35

The more solid and formed the stool will be

Question 36

Factors that affect bowel movements

Answer 36

Lack of privacy
Personal habit
Diet
Fluid
Activity
Medication
Aging
Disability

Question 37

If fecal impaction is not treated it can lead to what

Answer 37

Bowel obstruction

Question 38

Our most important role as a Psw

Answer 38

Observing how much fluid is lost

Question 39

Administering enemas is a

Answer 39

Delegated act

Question 40

What is the risk of diarrhea

Answer 40

Skin breakdown and pressure ulcers

Question 41

What is the risk of limited mobility

Answer 41

Constipation and fecal impaction