NR 224 Exam 2
Ascending colon - ANSWER ✔✔Very liquid stool, no pattern
Transverse colon - ANSWER ✔✔Stool becoming more formed, but
still liquid
Descending colon - ANSWER ✔✔Stool losing water to reabsorption,
becoming thick and formed
Sigmoid colon - ANSWER ✔✔Formed stool
Rectum - ANSWER ✔✔Most formed, storage until evacuation occurs
(if not evacuated, site of fecal impaction)
Normal abdomen assessment - ANSWER ✔✔Soft
Non-distended
Non-tender
,Symmetrical
Active bowel sounds x4 quadrants
Abnormal abdomen assessment - ANSWER ✔✔Firm
Distended
Tender
Asymmetrical
Absent bowel sounds (paralytic ileus)
Peristalsis - ANSWER ✔✔Under control of the nervous system
Contractions occur every 3-12 minutes
Mass peristalsis sweeps occur ___ to ____ times each 24 hour period -
ANSWER ✔✔1-4
____ to ____ of food waste is excreted in stool within 24 hours -
ANSWER ✔✔1/3 to 1/2 (normal transit time)
Rapid transit times - ANSWER ✔✔Loose stools, diarrhea, less
absorption of nutrients, less water reabsorbed
Delayed transit times - ANSWER ✔✔Constipation, too much water
reabsorbed, dry stools
,Type I stool - ANSWER ✔✔Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to
pass)
Type 2 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 3 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Like a sausage, but with cracks on its
surface
Type 4 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Like a sausage or snake, smooth and
soft
Type 5 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Soft blobs with clear-cut edges (passed
easily)
Type 6 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a
mushy stool
Type 7 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely liquid
Variables influencing bowel elimination - ANSWER
✔✔Age/developmental considerations
Personal habits/daily patterns
Food/fluid intake
Physical activity and muscle tone
Lifestyle, psychological variables
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, Pathologic conditions (disease, pain, pg)
Medications
Diagnostic tests
Surgery and anethesia
Constipation foods - ANSWER ✔✔Cheese
Lean meat
Eggs
Pasta
Foods with laxative effect - ANSWER ✔✔Fruits and vegetables
Bran
Chocolate
Alcohol
Coffee
Gas-producing foods - ANSWER ✔✔Onions
Cabbage
Beans
Cauliflower
Ascending colon - ANSWER ✔✔Very liquid stool, no pattern
Transverse colon - ANSWER ✔✔Stool becoming more formed, but
still liquid
Descending colon - ANSWER ✔✔Stool losing water to reabsorption,
becoming thick and formed
Sigmoid colon - ANSWER ✔✔Formed stool
Rectum - ANSWER ✔✔Most formed, storage until evacuation occurs
(if not evacuated, site of fecal impaction)
Normal abdomen assessment - ANSWER ✔✔Soft
Non-distended
Non-tender
,Symmetrical
Active bowel sounds x4 quadrants
Abnormal abdomen assessment - ANSWER ✔✔Firm
Distended
Tender
Asymmetrical
Absent bowel sounds (paralytic ileus)
Peristalsis - ANSWER ✔✔Under control of the nervous system
Contractions occur every 3-12 minutes
Mass peristalsis sweeps occur ___ to ____ times each 24 hour period -
ANSWER ✔✔1-4
____ to ____ of food waste is excreted in stool within 24 hours -
ANSWER ✔✔1/3 to 1/2 (normal transit time)
Rapid transit times - ANSWER ✔✔Loose stools, diarrhea, less
absorption of nutrients, less water reabsorbed
Delayed transit times - ANSWER ✔✔Constipation, too much water
reabsorbed, dry stools
,Type I stool - ANSWER ✔✔Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to
pass)
Type 2 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 3 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Like a sausage, but with cracks on its
surface
Type 4 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Like a sausage or snake, smooth and
soft
Type 5 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Soft blobs with clear-cut edges (passed
easily)
Type 6 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a
mushy stool
Type 7 stool - ANSWER ✔✔Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely liquid
Variables influencing bowel elimination - ANSWER
✔✔Age/developmental considerations
Personal habits/daily patterns
Food/fluid intake
Physical activity and muscle tone
Lifestyle, psychological variables
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, Pathologic conditions (disease, pain, pg)
Medications
Diagnostic tests
Surgery and anethesia
Constipation foods - ANSWER ✔✔Cheese
Lean meat
Eggs
Pasta
Foods with laxative effect - ANSWER ✔✔Fruits and vegetables
Bran
Chocolate
Alcohol
Coffee
Gas-producing foods - ANSWER ✔✔Onions
Cabbage
Beans
Cauliflower
