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WEB WOC OSTOMY CONTINENCE FINAL
EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
You are providing patient education regarding healthy bowel
habits. Which of the following strategies would you
recommend?
Select one:
a. Footrest at toilet to raise knees higher than hips.
b. Use a raised toilet seat so hips and knees are aligned.
c. Encourage fluids and restrict insoluble fiber in diet.
d. Encourage pelvic floor contraction and vigorous Valsalva. -
ANSWER- a. Footrest at toilet to raise knees higher than hips.
What level of SCI would cause severe constipation?
Select one:
a. T-12.
b. S-2.
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c. C-5.
d. L-2. - ANSWER- b. S-2.
Which of the following behaviors BEST indicates the toddler is
ready to pursue potty training (acquisition of fecal continence)?
Select one:
a. Intact anal wink.
b. Ability to crawl.
c. Desire to be autonomous.
d. Vocabulary of at least 50 words. - ANSWER- c. Desire to be
autonomous.
Which of the following provides information about the function
of the pelvic floor musculature?
Select one:
a. Barium enema.
b. Digital rectal exam.
c. Stool size and caliber.
d. Rectal compliance study. - ANSWER- b. Digital rectal exam.
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PRIMARY surgical repair for fecal incontinence is indicated for
which of the following situations?
Select one:
a. Traumatic injury to sphincters.
b. Insufficient rectal compliance.
c. Encopresis.
d. The persistence of incontinence 9 months after surgical
correction. - ANSWER- a. Traumatic injury to sphincters.
Which of the following tests is most appropriate to quantify
anorectal sensation, resting and squeeze pressure and length of
the anal canal?
Select one:
a. Defecography.
b. Anal electromyography.
c. Anorectal manometry.
d. Endoanal ultrasound. - ANSWER- c. Anorectal manometry.
A stimulated defecation program is indicated for the patient
with:
Select one:
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a. Sensory or cognitive defects.
b. Normal transit constipation.
c. Weak pelvic floor musculature.
d. Hypersensitivity to rectal filling. - ANSWER- a. Sensory or
cognitive defects.
A patient recently admitted to the nursing home is experiencing
frequent oozing of stool. The patient has no neurological defects
or pathologies, is not diabetic and is not taking any medications
that cause diarrhea. Before you go any further in your physical
examination, what is your INITIAL assessment of the most
likely etiology?
Select one:
a. Inadequate fluid intake.
b. Insufficient fiber intake.
c. Fecal impaction.
d. Reaction to the stress of a new environment. - ANSWER- c.
Fecal impaction.
Your patient is started on a bowel training program. What would
you anticipate seeing in the nursing care plan?
WEB WOC OSTOMY CONTINENCE FINAL
EXAM NEWEST 2024 ACTUAL EXAM
COMPLETE 100 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW!!
You are providing patient education regarding healthy bowel
habits. Which of the following strategies would you
recommend?
Select one:
a. Footrest at toilet to raise knees higher than hips.
b. Use a raised toilet seat so hips and knees are aligned.
c. Encourage fluids and restrict insoluble fiber in diet.
d. Encourage pelvic floor contraction and vigorous Valsalva. -
ANSWER- a. Footrest at toilet to raise knees higher than hips.
What level of SCI would cause severe constipation?
Select one:
a. T-12.
b. S-2.
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c. C-5.
d. L-2. - ANSWER- b. S-2.
Which of the following behaviors BEST indicates the toddler is
ready to pursue potty training (acquisition of fecal continence)?
Select one:
a. Intact anal wink.
b. Ability to crawl.
c. Desire to be autonomous.
d. Vocabulary of at least 50 words. - ANSWER- c. Desire to be
autonomous.
Which of the following provides information about the function
of the pelvic floor musculature?
Select one:
a. Barium enema.
b. Digital rectal exam.
c. Stool size and caliber.
d. Rectal compliance study. - ANSWER- b. Digital rectal exam.
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PRIMARY surgical repair for fecal incontinence is indicated for
which of the following situations?
Select one:
a. Traumatic injury to sphincters.
b. Insufficient rectal compliance.
c. Encopresis.
d. The persistence of incontinence 9 months after surgical
correction. - ANSWER- a. Traumatic injury to sphincters.
Which of the following tests is most appropriate to quantify
anorectal sensation, resting and squeeze pressure and length of
the anal canal?
Select one:
a. Defecography.
b. Anal electromyography.
c. Anorectal manometry.
d. Endoanal ultrasound. - ANSWER- c. Anorectal manometry.
A stimulated defecation program is indicated for the patient
with:
Select one:
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a. Sensory or cognitive defects.
b. Normal transit constipation.
c. Weak pelvic floor musculature.
d. Hypersensitivity to rectal filling. - ANSWER- a. Sensory or
cognitive defects.
A patient recently admitted to the nursing home is experiencing
frequent oozing of stool. The patient has no neurological defects
or pathologies, is not diabetic and is not taking any medications
that cause diarrhea. Before you go any further in your physical
examination, what is your INITIAL assessment of the most
likely etiology?
Select one:
a. Inadequate fluid intake.
b. Insufficient fiber intake.
c. Fecal impaction.
d. Reaction to the stress of a new environment. - ANSWER- c.
Fecal impaction.
Your patient is started on a bowel training program. What would
you anticipate seeing in the nursing care plan?
