NSG262 Week 8 Test With Solution

NSG262 Week 8 Test
With Solution
Type 1 stool - ANSWER separate hard lumps, like nuts

- hard to pass

type 2 stool - ANSWER sausage-shaped, but lumpy

type 3 stool - ANSWER sausage-shaped, but with cracks on the surface

type 4 stool - ANSWER sausage or snake-like, smooth and soft

- normal

type 5 stool - ANSWER soft blobs with clear-cut edges

type 6 stool - ANSWER fluffy pieces with ragged edges

- mushy

type 7 stool - ANSWER watery, no solid pieces

factors affecting bowel elimination - ANSWER - age

- fluid intake

- psychological factors

- position during defecation

- pregnancy (constipation due to pressure from fetus)

- meds, laxatives, cathartics

- diet (fiber)

, - physical activity (promotes peristalsis)

- personal habits

- pain

- surgery (anesthesia causes cessation of peristalsis)

- diagnostic tests

- stress (accelerated digestive process)




paralytic ileus - ANSWER complete absence of peristaltic movement that may follow
abdominal surgery or complete bowel obstruction due to anesthesia

- 24-48 hrs




constipation - ANSWER symptom (NOT a disease) of infrequent stool or hard, dry
stools that are difficult to eliminate




impaction - ANSWER results from unrelieved constipation- collection of hardened
feces wedged in the rectum

- more fluid is absorbed from the stool into mucus membrane, making it harder




diarrhea - ANSWER increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid




incontinence - ANSWER inability to control passage of feces and gas to anus