RNSG 1430 2025 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔Stool softeners vs. laxatives - ✔✔Softeners "soften" the stool (Colace)
Laxatives make things move (Miralax)
✔✔Tube connected to drainage inserted into the rectum - ✔✔Can't use if stool is firm
will clog tube
Great if have liquid stool! Especially if have c-diff
Skin care is IMPORTANT! No leaking! Leaking will cause skin breakdown!
✔✔what does fiber stimulate - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔fruit juice pulls water where? - ✔✔into the intestines, it helps with constipation
✔✔milk and cheese slow down what? - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔Diagnostic Tests For Bowel elimination - ✔✔Hemoglobin & Hematocrit (checks for
anemia)
Liver function tests (amylase and lipase)
Fecal Occult blood test
Colonoscopy (looks for diverticulitis and diverticulosis)
✔✔Consequences of Bowel elimination - ✔✔Discomfort
Infections and inflammation
Incontinence
Rupture of Colon
✔✔discomfort with Bowel elimination - ✔✔Retention/Constipation
Ileus
due to passage of hard stool, inflammation to anus, hemorrhoids, infection
Intussusception - the telescoping of bowel back into itself. Causes obstruction, retention
of stool, and abdominal pain
Also caused by chronic conditions like colitis, IBS, excessive flatus
✔✔Infections and inflammation with Bowel elimination - ✔✔Viral infections
Food poisoning
Colitis
diverticulitis
✔✔colitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract- inflammation and
ulcers occur in mucosa
✔✔diverticulitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract- Diverticula or
small pouches in mucosa become inflamed
, ✔✔Incontinence associated with altered Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Neurologic changes
with advanced age or neurologic injury
Excessive laxative use
Cognitive impairment
Radiation
Multiple medications
Excessive caffeine consumption
✔✔retention associated with Altered Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Poor fluid intake
Inadequate fiber in diet
Sedentary lifestyle
Medications
pregnancy
✔✔Diagnostics for Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Stool culture
Pathology
Radiographic tests and scans
Direct observation with scope
✔✔Direct observation with scope - ✔✔Colonoscopy
Sigmoidoscopy
Cystoscopy
uroscopy
✔✔Nursing interventions for bowel elimination - ✔✔Provide adequate hydration
Increase dietary fiber
Maintain regular toileting
Occult blood screening
Colonoscopy
Prostate cancer screening
Pharmacologic agents
Invasive procedures
✔✔Pharmacologic interventions for bowel elimination - ✔✔Constipation
Antispasmodics - Immodium (loperamide)
Analgesics
Opioid receptor antagonists
✔✔constipation Pharmacologic interventions - ✔✔Laxatives - Colace,
Bulk forming agents - Metamucil, FiberCon, Citrucel
Bowel stimulants - Dulcolax, Senokot
Lubricants
Stool softeners
Saline laxatives - Sodium phosphate
Enemas -
✔✔Stool softeners vs. laxatives - ✔✔Softeners "soften" the stool (Colace)
Laxatives make things move (Miralax)
✔✔Tube connected to drainage inserted into the rectum - ✔✔Can't use if stool is firm
will clog tube
Great if have liquid stool! Especially if have c-diff
Skin care is IMPORTANT! No leaking! Leaking will cause skin breakdown!
✔✔what does fiber stimulate - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔fruit juice pulls water where? - ✔✔into the intestines, it helps with constipation
✔✔milk and cheese slow down what? - ✔✔peristalsis
✔✔Diagnostic Tests For Bowel elimination - ✔✔Hemoglobin & Hematocrit (checks for
anemia)
Liver function tests (amylase and lipase)
Fecal Occult blood test
Colonoscopy (looks for diverticulitis and diverticulosis)
✔✔Consequences of Bowel elimination - ✔✔Discomfort
Infections and inflammation
Incontinence
Rupture of Colon
✔✔discomfort with Bowel elimination - ✔✔Retention/Constipation
Ileus
due to passage of hard stool, inflammation to anus, hemorrhoids, infection
Intussusception - the telescoping of bowel back into itself. Causes obstruction, retention
of stool, and abdominal pain
Also caused by chronic conditions like colitis, IBS, excessive flatus
✔✔Infections and inflammation with Bowel elimination - ✔✔Viral infections
Food poisoning
Colitis
diverticulitis
✔✔colitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract- inflammation and
ulcers occur in mucosa
✔✔diverticulitis - ✔✔chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract- Diverticula or
small pouches in mucosa become inflamed
, ✔✔Incontinence associated with altered Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Neurologic changes
with advanced age or neurologic injury
Excessive laxative use
Cognitive impairment
Radiation
Multiple medications
Excessive caffeine consumption
✔✔retention associated with Altered Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Poor fluid intake
Inadequate fiber in diet
Sedentary lifestyle
Medications
pregnancy
✔✔Diagnostics for Bowel Elimination - ✔✔Stool culture
Pathology
Radiographic tests and scans
Direct observation with scope
✔✔Direct observation with scope - ✔✔Colonoscopy
Sigmoidoscopy
Cystoscopy
uroscopy
✔✔Nursing interventions for bowel elimination - ✔✔Provide adequate hydration
Increase dietary fiber
Maintain regular toileting
Occult blood screening
Colonoscopy
Prostate cancer screening
Pharmacologic agents
Invasive procedures
✔✔Pharmacologic interventions for bowel elimination - ✔✔Constipation
Antispasmodics - Immodium (loperamide)
Analgesics
Opioid receptor antagonists
✔✔constipation Pharmacologic interventions - ✔✔Laxatives - Colace,
Bulk forming agents - Metamucil, FiberCon, Citrucel
Bowel stimulants - Dulcolax, Senokot
Lubricants
Stool softeners
Saline laxatives - Sodium phosphate
Enemas -
