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1. What are factors that influence bowel
elimination problems? Ag
e
Die
t
Fluid intake
Physical activity
Psychological factors
Personal factors
Positioning
Pain
Pregnancy
Surgery
Medications
Diagnostic tests
2. Is constipation a symptom or a disease? Symptom
3. Common Bowel Elimination Problems
Incontinenc
e
Flatulence
Hemorrhoid
s
Impaction
Constipatio
n
Diarrhea
4. How should we assess a patient with bowel
elimination problems?
5. What laboratory and diagnostic test are used for bowel FECAL OCCULT
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BLOOD
elimination TESTING
? GUAIAC FECAL OCCULT
BLOOD TEST
FECAL IMMUNOCHEMI-
CAL TEST
FOBT MUST BE
COMPLET-
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ED AT LEAST THREE
TIMES POSITIVE TESTS
FOL- LOWED UP
WITH
SIGMOIDOSCOPY OR
COLONOSCOPY
ENDOSCOPY
COLONOSCOPY
6. What are medications for bowel elimination? Laxatives
Cathartics
Antidiarrheal
Enemas
7. Nursing Process: Assessment Through the
patient's eyes
Nursing history
Elimination factors
Physical assessment
(Mouth, abdomen, and
rectum)
Laboratory tests (Fecal
specimens, Fecal occult
blood test (FOBT)
Diagnostic examinations
8. Fecal occult blood test (FOBT) - which measures
micro- scopic
amounts of blood
(hemoglobin) in the
feces
9. What are some Nursing Diagnosis for bowel
elimina- tion? Disturbed body
image Bowel
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incontinence Constipation Perceived constipation