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✔✔abnormal stool finding: red, pale with fat, translucent mucus, bloody mucus -
✔✔infection, inflammation, or cancer
✔✔abnormal stool finding: constituents (6) - ✔✔- blood
- pus
- foreign bodies
- mucus
- worms
- excess fat
✔✔what test would be administered to determine if there's blood in the stool? -
✔✔guaiac test
✔✔3 constipation co-morbidities: - ✔✔- abdominal surgery
- cardiovascular disease
- glaucoma
✔✔7 common causes of diarrhea: - ✔✔- disorders affection digestion
- absorption, & secretions of GI tract
- antibiotic use
- enteral nutrition
- food allergies/intolerances
- surgeries or diagnostic tests of lower GI tract
- foodborne pathogens
✔✔2 complications of diarrhea: - ✔✔- skin ulceration
- fluid & electrolyte/acid-base imbalances
✔✔4 common causes of incontinence: - ✔✔- opiates
- general anesthesia
- abdominal surgery
- immobility
✔✔when positioning a Pt. on a bedpan, the head of the bed should be elevated: - ✔✔30
to 45 degrees
✔✔______ have a stronger and more rapid effect on the intestines than laxatives -
✔✔cathartics
✔✔______ may act more quickly than oral medications - ✔✔suppositories
, ✔✔define cathartics: - ✔✔cleansing agents, i.e. milk of magnesium
✔✔____ is an example of an antidiarrheal agent - ✔✔imodium
✔✔enema administration process (3 steps): - ✔✔1) sterile technique unnecessary
2) wear gloves
3) explain the procedure, positioning, precautions (to avoid discomfort) & length of time
necessary to retain the solution before defecation
✔✔a genitourinary physical assessment includes: (4) - ✔✔- kidneys
- bladder
- external genitalia & urethral meatus
- perineal skin
✔✔normal urine output: - ✔✔30 mL per hour
✔✔define polyuria: - ✔✔excessive urination
✔✔define anuria: - ✔✔absence of urine
✔✔define oliguria: - ✔✔decreased urine production
(scant urine)
✔✔4 observations to be made about urine: - ✔✔- color
- clarity
- odor
- amount
✔✔normal urine pH: - ✔✔4.6-8.0
✔✔normal urine RBCs: - ✔✔up to 2
✔✔normal urine WBC count: - ✔✔0-4 (per low power field)
✔✔5 body systems associated with sleep: - ✔✔- peripheral nervous
- endocrine
- cardiovascular
- respiratory
- muscular
✔✔the major sleep center in the body is the _______ - ✔✔hypothalamus