Bowel Elimination Flashcards
(33 cards)
Peristalsis
should be happening if there is a food borne illness
Factors influencing bowel elimination
Nutrition
Surgery
Physical activity
Medications
Nursing assessment
Diet patterns
Emotional state
Medical history
Inspect, auscultation, percussion, palpate
Interventions to help bowel
Sitting position
Fractured bed pan
HOB elevated
give fiber
Clay/white color
Bile obstruction
Black stool
Upper gi bleed
Red stool
Lower gi bleed or hemorrhoids
Frothy stool
Fat malabsorption
Stool consistency
Liquid// diarrhea
Hard// dehydrated or poor diet
Normal// semisolid
Frequency of stool
Adults: 1-3
Infants: 1-6
Amount of stool
Varies with diet
100 - 400 per day
Constipation (symptom not a disease)
Passing hard dry stool
Caused by opioids, bed rest, dehydration, low fiber
Nursing interventions: comfort and relaxation, routine
Impaction
Unrelieved constipation
Result in intestinal obstruction
Subjective: anorexia, cramping, rectal pain
DO NOT GIVE LAXATIVE
Remove stool
Track heart rate because it will drop
Diarrhea
Increase of stool
Response to infection
Common cause of c. Diff
Slow peristalsis
Skin care
Hyperactive bs
Incintinence
Can’t control feces
Bowel training
Disease that causes nerve repairment
Flatulence
Excessive gas
Caused by anesthetics
Reposition
No drinking through a straw
Hemorrhoids
Dilated engorged veins in lining the rectum
Increase venous pressure
Medications to facilitate stool
Laxatives or suppository
Emory bowel if constipated
Large intestine loses muscle tone
Purpose of laxatives
Stimulate bm
Increase fiber
Excercise
Hydration
Toilet training
Stimulant
Faster and direct
Most abundant
Castor oil
Bulk forming
Increase water absorption
Softeners
Decrease surface tension and allow water and fat to penetrate stool
Lubricant
Softeners stool
