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NUR 326 ( LATEST 2024 / 2025 ) EXAM 8 | GRADED A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (SOLVED)
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NUR 326 Exam 81. GI tract
Breakdown/absorption nutrients
Eliminate waste
2. Upper GI tract
Mouth, salivary glands, esophagus, stomach
3. Lower GI tract
Small intestine, large intestine (colon), rectum
4. Populations at Greatest Risk for Irregular Elimination
Children, pregnant women, older adults
5. Fecal Incontinence
Recurrent involuntary passage of stool from rectum for at least 3 months
6. Treatment of fecal incontinence
depends on underlying cause, dietary fiber supplements, changing diet, kegel exercises
7. Bowel Retention/Constipation
Fewer than 3 bowel movements weekly, or movements that are hard, dry, small, or difficult to
pass
8. Is bowel retention/constipation a disease?
No, it is a symptom
, 9. factors contributing to bowel retention/constipation
decreased peristalsis
10. Small vs large bowel obstruction
Small
where most obstructions occur Large
cancer/neoplasm, impaction, typically requires surgery
11. mechanical bowel obstruction
something is in the way preventing normal flow such as tumors, scars, hernias, intussusception,
abscesses, etc
12. Functional bowel obstruction
slowed or absent peristalsis, no structural prob- lem
examples
Parkinsons, muscular dystrophy, etc
13. simple bowel obstruction
no bowel ischemia (bowel still is being perfused)
14. strangulated bowel obstruction
SURGICAL EMERGENCY; perfusion com- promised and necrosis inevitable
15. 1st manifestation of SBO
Crampy, colicky abdominal pain
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