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NSG 3100 EXAM 3 Questions and Correct
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What is CONSTIPATION and what causes it?
Ans: Infrequent or difficult BM as well as having fewer than 3
BM per week
dehydration, low fiber, immobility, opioids.
What is IMPACTION and what causes it?
Ans: the presence of hard fecal mass in rectum or colon that
patient is incapable of expelling.
Unresolved constipation. *Cardinal sign of impaction is oozing
of liquid stool with no normal stool*
What is Diarrhea and what causes it?
Ans: Intestinal disorder that is characterized by an abnormal
frequency and fluidity of BM.
infections, c. diff, laxative, foodborne pathogens, diagnostic
testing of lower GI, diet, stress, or srugery.
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What is flatulence?
Ans: Gas (fart)
What is an ostomy?
Ans: surgically created opening in a GI, urinary, or respiratory
organ that is exited to the surface of the skin.
What is a stoma?
Ans: Surgical openin that refers as the actual exit point for the
GI surgical ostomy.
What is a colostomy
Ans: Surgically created when a portion of the colon (large
intestine) or rectum is removed and brought to the abdominal
wall at skin level to allow passage of waste.
4 types: Ascending colostomy, Transverse(double barrel),
descending, and sigmoid
What is a Ileostomy
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NSG 3100 EXAM 3 Questions and Correct
Answers/ Latest Update / Already Graded
What is CONSTIPATION and what causes it?
Ans: Infrequent or difficult BM as well as having fewer than 3
BM per week
dehydration, low fiber, immobility, opioids.
What is IMPACTION and what causes it?
Ans: the presence of hard fecal mass in rectum or colon that
patient is incapable of expelling.
Unresolved constipation. *Cardinal sign of impaction is oozing
of liquid stool with no normal stool*
What is Diarrhea and what causes it?
Ans: Intestinal disorder that is characterized by an abnormal
frequency and fluidity of BM.
infections, c. diff, laxative, foodborne pathogens, diagnostic
testing of lower GI, diet, stress, or srugery.
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What is flatulence?
Ans: Gas (fart)
What is an ostomy?
Ans: surgically created opening in a GI, urinary, or respiratory
organ that is exited to the surface of the skin.
What is a stoma?
Ans: Surgical openin that refers as the actual exit point for the
GI surgical ostomy.
What is a colostomy
Ans: Surgically created when a portion of the colon (large
intestine) or rectum is removed and brought to the abdominal
wall at skin level to allow passage of waste.
4 types: Ascending colostomy, Transverse(double barrel),
descending, and sigmoid
What is a Ileostomy
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