Week 9 Elimination Needs Flashcards
(47 cards)
The process of emptying the bladder
Micturition
The inability to control the discharge or urine or faeces
Incontinence
Involuntary passing of urine in children after bladder control is achieved.
Enuresis
The feeling that one must urinate.
Urgency
Painful or difficult voiding
Dysuria
The unusual presence of blood in the urine, as a result of injury or disease of the kidney or bladder.
Haematuria
The production of large amounts of urine.
Polyuria
Production of abnormally small amounts of urine.
Oliguria
Voiding two or more times at night.
Nocturia
An increase in the production of urine.
Diuresis
The failure of the kidneys to produce urine, resulting in a total lack of urination or output of less than 100mL per day in an adult.
Anuria
Faecal incontinence not associated with a physical condition or disease.
Encopresis
Body wastes and undigested food eliminated from the bowel.
Faeces
Expulsion of faeces from the rectum and anus.
Defaecation
An inability to control the bowel movements.
Faecal Incontinence
Passage of small, dry, hard stool or passage of no stool for an abnormally long time.
Constipation
Defecation of liquid faeces and increased frequency of defecation.
Diarrhoea
Black faeces where the colour is caused by bleeding in the intestine
Melaena
Hidden blood
Occult blood
Gas or air normally present in the stomach or intestines.
Flatus
A high level of sugar in the urine, a symptom of diabetes mellitus.
Glycosuria
A state in which ketone bodies are excreted in the urine.
Ketonuria
A condition in which there are proteins present in the urine.
Proteinuria
Joan tells the nurse that she often does not defecate when she has the urge because of time. The nurse realises that failure to heed the urge to defecate can result in:
Constipation
