NURS 220: ELIMINATION, NUTRITION, AND OXYGENATION
(LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED A
Which of the following nursing actions do you take after placing a
bedpan under an immobilized patient?
1. Life the patient's hips off the bed and slide the bedpan under the
patient
2. After positioning the patient on the bedpan, elevate the head of the
bed to a 45-degree angle
3. Adjust the head of the bed so it is lower than the feet and use gentle
but firm pressure to push the bedpan under the patient
4. Have the patient and beside the bed and then have him or her sit on
the bedpan on the edge of the bed Ans✓✓✓2. After positioning the
patient on the bedpan, elevate the head of the bed to a 45-degree angle
A patient has not had a bowel movement for 4 days. Now she has nausea
and severe cramping throughout her abdomen. On the basis of these
findings, what do you suspect is wrong with the patient?
1. An intestinal obstruction
2. Irritation of the intestinal mucosa
3. Gastroenteritis
4. A fecal impaction Ans✓✓✓1. An intestinal obstruction
,During the administration of a warm tap-water enema, a patient
complains of cramping abdominal pain that he rates 6 out of 10. What is
your priority nursing intervention?
1. Stop the instillation
2. Ask the patient to take deep breaths to decrease the pain
3. Add soap suds to the enema
4. Tell the patient to bear down as he would when having a bowel
movement. Ans✓✓✓1. Stop the instillation
Which instructions do you include when educating a person with chronic
constipation? (Select all that apply)
1. Increase fiber and fluids in the diet
2. Use a low-volume enema daily
3. Avoid gluten in the diet
4. Take laxatives BID
5. Exercise for 30 minutes every day
6. Schedule time to use the toilet at the same time every day
7. Take probiotics 5 times a week Ans✓✓✓Increase fiber and fluids in
the diet, exercise for 30 minutes every day, schedule time to use the
toilet at the same time every day.
Which skills do you teach a patient with a new colostomy before
discharge from the hospital? (Select all that apply)
, 1. How to change the pouch
2. How to empty the pouch
3. How to open and close the pouch
4. How to irrigate the colostomy
5. How to determine if the ostomy is healing appropriately
Ans✓✓✓How to change the pouch, how to empty the pouch, how to
open and close the pouch, how to determine if the ostomy is healing
appropriately.
Which of the following cause of Clostridium difficile infection? (Select
all that apply)
1. Chronic laxative use
2. Contact with C. Difficile bacteria
3. Overuse of antibiotics
4. Frequent episodes of diarrhea caused by food intolerance
5. Inflammation of the bowel Ans✓✓✓Contact with c. Difficile bacteria,
overuse of antibiotics
Place the steps for an ostomy pouch change in the correct order:
1. Close the end of the pouch
2. Measure the stoma
(LATEST UPDATE) REAL QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS |100% CORRECT | ALREADY GRADED A
Which of the following nursing actions do you take after placing a
bedpan under an immobilized patient?
1. Life the patient's hips off the bed and slide the bedpan under the
patient
2. After positioning the patient on the bedpan, elevate the head of the
bed to a 45-degree angle
3. Adjust the head of the bed so it is lower than the feet and use gentle
but firm pressure to push the bedpan under the patient
4. Have the patient and beside the bed and then have him or her sit on
the bedpan on the edge of the bed Ans✓✓✓2. After positioning the
patient on the bedpan, elevate the head of the bed to a 45-degree angle
A patient has not had a bowel movement for 4 days. Now she has nausea
and severe cramping throughout her abdomen. On the basis of these
findings, what do you suspect is wrong with the patient?
1. An intestinal obstruction
2. Irritation of the intestinal mucosa
3. Gastroenteritis
4. A fecal impaction Ans✓✓✓1. An intestinal obstruction
,During the administration of a warm tap-water enema, a patient
complains of cramping abdominal pain that he rates 6 out of 10. What is
your priority nursing intervention?
1. Stop the instillation
2. Ask the patient to take deep breaths to decrease the pain
3. Add soap suds to the enema
4. Tell the patient to bear down as he would when having a bowel
movement. Ans✓✓✓1. Stop the instillation
Which instructions do you include when educating a person with chronic
constipation? (Select all that apply)
1. Increase fiber and fluids in the diet
2. Use a low-volume enema daily
3. Avoid gluten in the diet
4. Take laxatives BID
5. Exercise for 30 minutes every day
6. Schedule time to use the toilet at the same time every day
7. Take probiotics 5 times a week Ans✓✓✓Increase fiber and fluids in
the diet, exercise for 30 minutes every day, schedule time to use the
toilet at the same time every day.
Which skills do you teach a patient with a new colostomy before
discharge from the hospital? (Select all that apply)
, 1. How to change the pouch
2. How to empty the pouch
3. How to open and close the pouch
4. How to irrigate the colostomy
5. How to determine if the ostomy is healing appropriately
Ans✓✓✓How to change the pouch, how to empty the pouch, how to
open and close the pouch, how to determine if the ostomy is healing
appropriately.
Which of the following cause of Clostridium difficile infection? (Select
all that apply)
1. Chronic laxative use
2. Contact with C. Difficile bacteria
3. Overuse of antibiotics
4. Frequent episodes of diarrhea caused by food intolerance
5. Inflammation of the bowel Ans✓✓✓Contact with c. Difficile bacteria,
overuse of antibiotics
Place the steps for an ostomy pouch change in the correct order:
1. Close the end of the pouch
2. Measure the stoma
