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NR224 / NR-224 EXAM 2 (LATEST UPDATE 2025):
FUNDAMENTALS | COMPLETE GUIDE WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100%
CORRECT - CHAMBERLAIN
Ascending colon .....ANSWER.....Very liquid stool, no pattern
Transverse colon .....ANSWER.....Stool becoming more formed, but
still liquid
Descending colon .....ANSWER.....Stool losing water to
reabsorption, becoming thick and formed
Sigmoid colon .....ANSWER.....Formed stool
Rectum .....ANSWER.....Most formed, storage until evacuation
occurs (if not evacuated, site of fecal impaction)
Normal abdomen assessment .....ANSWER.....Soft
Non-distended
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Non-tender
Symmetrical
Active bowel sounds x4 quadrants
Abnormal abdomen assessment .....ANSWER.....Firm
Distended
Tender
Asymmetrical
Absent bowel sounds (paralytic ileus)
Peristalsis .....ANSWER.....Under control of the nervous system
Contractions occur every 3-12 minutes
Mass peristalsis sweeps occur ___ to ____ times each 24 hour
period .....ANSWER.....1-4
____ to ____ of food waste is excreted in stool within 24 hours
.....ANSWER.....1/3 to 1/2 (normal transit time)
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Rapid transit times .....ANSWER.....Loose stools, diarrhea, less
absorption of nutrients, less water reabsorbed
Delayed transit times .....ANSWER.....Constipation, too much
water reabsorbed, dry stools
Type I stool .....ANSWER.....Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard
to pass)
Type 2 stool .....ANSWER.....Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 3 stool .....ANSWER.....Like a sausage, but with cracks on its
surface
Type 4 stool .....ANSWER.....Like a sausage or snake, smooth and
soft
Type 5 stool .....ANSWER.....Soft blobs with clear-cut edges
(passed easily)
Type 6 stool .....ANSWER.....Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a
mushy stool
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Type 7 stool .....ANSWER.....Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely
liquid
Variables influencing bowel elimination
.....ANSWER.....Age/developmental considerations
Personal habits/daily patterns
Food/fluid intake
Physical activity and muscle tone
Lifestyle, psychological variables
Pathologic conditions (disease, pain, pg)
Medications
Diagnostic tests
Surgery and anethesia
Constipation foods .....ANSWER.....Cheese
Lean meat
NR224 / NR-224 EXAM 2 (LATEST UPDATE 2025):
FUNDAMENTALS | COMPLETE GUIDE WITH
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100%
CORRECT - CHAMBERLAIN
Ascending colon .....ANSWER.....Very liquid stool, no pattern
Transverse colon .....ANSWER.....Stool becoming more formed, but
still liquid
Descending colon .....ANSWER.....Stool losing water to
reabsorption, becoming thick and formed
Sigmoid colon .....ANSWER.....Formed stool
Rectum .....ANSWER.....Most formed, storage until evacuation
occurs (if not evacuated, site of fecal impaction)
Normal abdomen assessment .....ANSWER.....Soft
Non-distended
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Non-tender
Symmetrical
Active bowel sounds x4 quadrants
Abnormal abdomen assessment .....ANSWER.....Firm
Distended
Tender
Asymmetrical
Absent bowel sounds (paralytic ileus)
Peristalsis .....ANSWER.....Under control of the nervous system
Contractions occur every 3-12 minutes
Mass peristalsis sweeps occur ___ to ____ times each 24 hour
period .....ANSWER.....1-4
____ to ____ of food waste is excreted in stool within 24 hours
.....ANSWER.....1/3 to 1/2 (normal transit time)
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Rapid transit times .....ANSWER.....Loose stools, diarrhea, less
absorption of nutrients, less water reabsorbed
Delayed transit times .....ANSWER.....Constipation, too much
water reabsorbed, dry stools
Type I stool .....ANSWER.....Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard
to pass)
Type 2 stool .....ANSWER.....Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Type 3 stool .....ANSWER.....Like a sausage, but with cracks on its
surface
Type 4 stool .....ANSWER.....Like a sausage or snake, smooth and
soft
Type 5 stool .....ANSWER.....Soft blobs with clear-cut edges
(passed easily)
Type 6 stool .....ANSWER.....Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a
mushy stool
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Type 7 stool .....ANSWER.....Watery, no solid pieces. Entirely
liquid
Variables influencing bowel elimination
.....ANSWER.....Age/developmental considerations
Personal habits/daily patterns
Food/fluid intake
Physical activity and muscle tone
Lifestyle, psychological variables
Pathologic conditions (disease, pain, pg)
Medications
Diagnostic tests
Surgery and anethesia
Constipation foods .....ANSWER.....Cheese
Lean meat
