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Chapter 47: Bowel Elimination
Chapter 47: Bowel Elimination
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is teaching a health class about the gastrointestinal tract. The nurse will explain that which portion
of the digestive tract absorbs most of the nutrients?
a. Ileum
b. Cecum
c. Stomach
d. Duodenum
ANS: D
The duodenum and jejunum absorb most nutrients and electrolytes in the small intestine. The ileum absorbs
certain vitamins, iron, and bile salts. Food is broken down in the stomach. The cecum is the beginning of the
,large intestine.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:1150
OBJ: Discuss the role of gastrointestinal organs in digestion and elimination.
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TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse is caring for patients with ostomies. In which ostomy location will the nurse expect very liquid
stool to be present?
a. Sigmoid
b. Transverse
c. Ascending
d. Descending
ANS: C
The path of digestion goes from the ascending, across the transverse, to the descending and finally passing
into the sigmoid; therefore, the least formed stool (very liquid) would be in the ascending.
DIF:Apply (application)REF:1150
OBJ: Explain the physiological aspects of normal defecation. TOP: Assessment
MSC: Physiological Adaptation
3. A nurse is teaching a patient about the large intestine in elimination. In which order will the nurse list the
structures, starting with the first portion?
a. Cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, and rectum
b. Ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, rectum, and cecum
, c. Cecum, sigmoid, ascending, transverse, descending, and rectum
d. Ascending, transverse, descending, rectum, sigmoid, and cecum
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Chapter 47: Bowel Elimination
Chapter 47: Bowel Elimination
Potter et al.: Fundamentals of Nursing, 9th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The nurse is teaching a health class about the gastrointestinal tract. The nurse will explain that which portion
of the digestive tract absorbs most of the nutrients?
a. Ileum
b. Cecum
c. Stomach
d. Duodenum
ANS: D
The duodenum and jejunum absorb most nutrients and electrolytes in the small intestine. The ileum absorbs
certain vitamins, iron, and bile salts. Food is broken down in the stomach. The cecum is the beginning of the
,large intestine.
DIF:Understand (comprehension)REF:1150
OBJ: Discuss the role of gastrointestinal organs in digestion and elimination.
, 3
TOP: Teaching/Learning MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
2. The nurse is caring for patients with ostomies. In which ostomy location will the nurse expect very liquid
stool to be present?
a. Sigmoid
b. Transverse
c. Ascending
d. Descending
ANS: C
The path of digestion goes from the ascending, across the transverse, to the descending and finally passing
into the sigmoid; therefore, the least formed stool (very liquid) would be in the ascending.
DIF:Apply (application)REF:1150
OBJ: Explain the physiological aspects of normal defecation. TOP: Assessment
MSC: Physiological Adaptation
3. A nurse is teaching a patient about the large intestine in elimination. In which order will the nurse list the
structures, starting with the first portion?
a. Cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, and rectum
b. Ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, rectum, and cecum
, c. Cecum, sigmoid, ascending, transverse, descending, and rectum
d. Ascending, transverse, descending, rectum, sigmoid, and cecum
