Bns Exam 3 Updated Actual Questions And Correct Answers

BNS EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. bowel elimination
Answer:
Begins in the mouth and ends as waste products areeliminated (feces/stool) from the anus (defecation)

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2. Timing of elimination
Answer:
Usually after 30 minutes to an hour after eating

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3. Characteristics of feces
Answer:
Soft, formed, light yellowish-brown to dark brown, slightly odiferous, and falls into a slightly curved shape

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4. Normal Characteristics- Consistency
Answer:
Soft, formed consistency

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5. Normal Characteristics- shape
Answer:
Longer curved shape, cylindrical

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6. Normal Characteristics- color
Answer:
Yellow in infants Light brown to dark brown in others

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7. Abnormal Characteristics - Consistency
Answer:
Liquid or semiliquid, watery, unformed, very hard and dry

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8. Abnormal Characteristics shape
Answer:
Balls, clumps, or broken-off chunks; flat or ribbonlike; pencil-like

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9. Abnormal Characteristics- color

,Answer:
Bright red blood, black, coffee grounds appearance, pale, white, gray, or clay color

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10. normal characteristics- Presence of infection
Answer:
Absence of pus, mucus, fat

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11. normal characteristics - Presence of parasites
Answer:
Absence of parasites

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12. normal characteristics - Odor
Answer:
Slight odor

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13. Abnormal Characteristics- Presence of infection
Answer:
Presence of pus, excessive mucus, foamy, or floating on water

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14. Abnormal Characteristics- Presence of parasites
Answer:
Presence of worms or eggs

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15. Abnormal Characteristics - Odor
Answer:
Foul odor, strongly odiferous, bloody or old-blood smell, metallic smell

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16. Determine
Answer:
Determine normal bowel movement frequency pattern

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17. Document
Answer:
Document frequency, amount, color, and consistency

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18. Assess

, Answer:
Assess bowel sounds at least once a shift, noting hypoactive, hyperactive, or absent sound

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19. Reposition
Answer:
Reposition at least every 2 hours and ROM at least twice a day

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20. Increase
Answer:
Increase activity by ambulating 3-4 times daily, getting up in chair for meals

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21. encourage
Answer:
- Encourage fluids, including water and fruit juices, as allowed by HCP orders
- Encourage fiber intake as allowed by HCP orders, including whole grains, fruits, and vegetables

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22. Shape of abdomen
Answer:
The shape should be rounded or flat, not distended or inflated

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23. Auscultate the bowel sounds
Answer:
• Listen in all four quadrants at least once per shif

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24. Impaction or intestinal blockage:
Answer:
hyperactive bowel sounds proximal to the blockage, while distal to the blockage distant or even absent
bowel sounds may be noted

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25. Avoid palpating the abdomen until after what?
Answer:
after bowel sounds have been auscultated

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26. Normal bowel sound
Answer:
Soft gurgles, irregular clicks Between 5 and 30 per minute

Question:
27. Normal bowel sounds indicate what?