Elimination

Question 1

Is the entire process of excretion of metabolic waste products from the blood by the kidney and urinary tract

Answer 1

Elimination

Question 2

FOUR FACTORS AFFECTING ELIMINATION

Answer 2

Age
Exercise
Diet
Medication

Question 3

Initially lacks a pattern to their elimination

Answer 3

Infants

Question 4

Night time control usually takes longer to achieve especially with?

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BOYS

Question 5

Is not a normal aspect of aging and should always be treated

Answer 5

INCONTINENCE

Question 6

Adequate fluid and fiber intake are critical factor to urinary and bowel health

Answer 6

Diet

Question 7

Inadequate fluid intake is primary cause of?

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CONSTIPATION

Question 8

Enhances muscle tone which leads to better bladder and sphincter controls

Answer 8

Exercise

Question 9

Is aided by activity thus promoting healthy bowel elimination patterns

Answer 9

Peristalsis

Question 10

Can have an impact on client’s elimination health and patterns and should be during the health history interview

Answer 10

Medication

Question 11

Maybe facilitated voluntarily by contracting the abdominal muscles and by forceful expiration with the glottis close to increase the abdominal pressure (valsalva maneuver)

Answer 11

Defecation

Question 12

The fecal matter may take ________ hours to pass through the entire large intestine

Answer 12

24 to 48 hours

Question 13

Consists of unabsorbed food residue, mucus digestive secretions, water and microorganisms

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FECAL MATTER

Question 14

Yellow or golden brown (due to bile pigment derivative known as stercobilin)

Answer 14

COLOR

Question 15

The stool is yellow because of the bile pigment known as?

Answer 15

Stercobilin

Question 16

Aromatic upon defecation (due to indole and skatole, which are products of fermentation and putrefaction in the large intestine)

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ODOR

Question 17

The stool is aromatic because of?

Answer 17

Indole and skatole

Question 18

Products of fermentation and putrefraction in the large intestine

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Indole and skatole

Question 19

Depends on the bulk of food intake

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AMOUNT

Question 20

THREE NORMAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STOOL

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COLOR
ODOR
AMOUNT

Question 21

Gray, pale, clay colored stool due to biliary obstruction

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ALCOHOLIC STOOL

Question 22

Passage of stool with bright red blood due to (lower) GI bleeding

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HEMATOCHEZIA

Question 23

Passage of black tarry stool due to (upper) GI bleeding

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MELENA

Question 24

Greasy, bulky, foul-smelling stool, smelling stool due to hepatobiliary pancreatic abstraction/ disorders

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STEATORRHEA

Question 25

4 ALTERATIONS IN CHARACTERISTICS OF STOOL

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•ALCOHOLIC STOOL •HEMATOCHEZIA •MELENA •STEATORRHEA

Question 26

Is the infrequent and difficult passage of hardened stool

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CONSTIPATION

Question 27

7 FACTORS THAT CAUSE CONSTIPATION

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•DIET •DEHYDRATION •DIVERTICULAR DISEASE (chronic diverticula) •NEUROPATHIC CONDITIONS •STROKE AND SPINAL DISORDERS •FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS •MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS

Question 28

Causes drying of the stool as water and sodium are absorbed from the bowel

Answer 28

Dehydration

Question 29

A common problems in older adults also reduces colonic transit for their increasing the risk constipation

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Diverticular disease

Question 30

Promotes constipation by a diminishing the efficiency of gastric motility

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NEUROPATHIC CONDITIONS

Question 31

This problems or spinal stenosis

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STROKE AND SPINAL DISORDERS

Question 32

Abnormal narrowing of a passage or opening

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Stenosis

Question 33

Contribute to constipation by reducing mobility weakening the abdominal muscle and diminishing muscles of the colon and rectum

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Stenosis

Question 34

Particularly impaired mobility predispose older clients to constipation; they received a diminished desire to defecate and have prolonged colonic transit time

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Functional limitation

Question 35

Particularly narcotics, sedatives, anticholinergenics, antidepressants, antiparkingsonian drugs, and iron also contributes to constipation

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MULTIPLE MEDICATIONS

Question 36

Is the passage of fluid feces and increased frequency of defecation

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DIARRHEA

Question 37

5 CAUSES OF DIARRHEA

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Infectious agent Malabsorption Medication Enteral feeding Misuse of laxatives and enemas

Question 38

Occurs when overgrowth of pathogen produces osmotic diarrhea via toxins or reduced absorptive ability due to mucusal damage

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INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA

Question 39

Produce diarrhea when non absorbed substances in the diet create an osmotic imbalance and liquification of the stool Ex. Is lactose intolerance

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MALABSORPTION

Question 40

Describe the passage of a solvent from a less concentrated to a more concentrated solution through a semipermeable membrane

Answer 40

Osmosis

Question 41

May cause diarrhea as a side effect

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Medication

Question 42

Contains a relatively high osmolality that frequently predispose the client to diarrhea

Answer 42

Enteral feeding