Nursing Interventions for Urinary and Bowel Elimination Quiz
28 Questions
7 Views

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson

Questions and Answers

What should be done to facilitate better understanding and retention of a heavy deck?

  • Review all at once
  • Review in chunks (correct)
  • Skip the review
  • Memorize the entire deck

    • What is recommended to help solidify understanding and application in the CJM Activity?

  • Rush through it to save time
  • Skip the activity
  • Take time in working through it (correct)
  • Ask someone else to do it

    • What should be done to reduce urinary incontinence and constipation?

  • Encourage holding urine and stool
  • Limit fluid intake
  • Promote normal micturition and bowel elimination (correct)
  • Encourage sedentary lifestyle

    • How should the client's elimination needs be planned?

    <p>Assess cognitive/physical functioning prior to planning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of stool that should be assessed?

    <p>Color</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which nursing intervention promotes normal bowel elimination?

    <p>Encouraging regular exercise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of gas production in the lumen of the intestine?

    <p>Bowel wall stretches and distends</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of emptying the bowel called?

    <p>Defecation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be encouraged to promote normal defecation?

    <p>Regular exercise</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the recommended daily fluid intake for promoting normal bowel elimination?

    <p>1500 to 2000 ml</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the recommended dietary fiber intake for promoting normal bowel elimination?

    <p>25 to 30 g per day</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be done to assist a client to maintain normal elimination habits?

    <p>Provide privacy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an important infection control practice when assisting a client with elimination?

    <p>Using appropriate equipment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How should a clean, fully-opened incontinence brief be positioned on the client?

    <p>Next to the client's skin with tape tabs at the back</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How should the client be positioned when assisting with a urinal?

    <p>Sitting or standing</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be done to perform perineal care for a male patient?

    <p>Clean the urethral area first</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key term related to urinary elimination?

    <p>Micturition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a factor influencing urination?

    <p>Disease conditions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a nursing intervention to reduce urinary tract infections?

    <p>Cleaning of perineum and catheter care</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is involved in urinary assessment?

    <p>Recognizing cues, gathering health history, physical assessment, and analyzing urine characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the average fluid intake per day?

    <p>2200ml to 2700ml</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does perineum care involve?

    <p>Using gloves, washing from front to back, and using separate sections of a washcloth for each stroke</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does urine collection involve?

    <p>Assessing the patient, providing fluid to drink, and encouraging voiding regularly</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are factors affecting normal bowel elimination?

    <p>Diet, fluid intake, physical activity, personal bowel elimination habits, privacy, and age-related changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a nursing intervention to promote normal micturition?

    <p>Maintaining adequate fluid intake, sensory stimuli, and elimination habits</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is perineal-genital care?

    <p>Assessing for various conditions, using specific equipment, and following specific cleansing procedures for females and males</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key term related to urinary elimination?

    <p>Nocturia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What should be reported when monitoring urine output?

    <p>Recognizing cues</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Nursing Interventions for Urinary and Bowel Elimination

    • Nursing interventions to reduce urinary tract infections include cleaning of perineum and catheter care
    • Nursing interventions for urinary elimination: assisting with a urinal, bedpan, performing perineal care for female and male patients, providing catheter care, and collecting a mid-stream urine specimen
    • Factors influencing urination include disease conditions, medication, surgical procedures, physiological factors, and mobility
    • Key terms related to urinary elimination include micturition, urinary retention, nocturia, and urinary incontinence
    • Urinary assessment involves recognizing cues, gathering health history, physical assessment, and analyzing urine characteristics
    • Average fluid intake is about 2200ml to 2700ml per day, with oral intake accounting for 1100 to 1400 ml, and solid foods for about 800 ml to 1000ml
    • When monitoring urine output, recognizing cues one should report are important
    • Perineum care involves using gloves, washing from front to back, and using separate sections of a washcloth for each stroke
    • Urine collection involves assessing the patient, providing fluid to drink, and encouraging voiding regularly
    • Nursing interventions to promote normal micturition include maintaining adequate fluid intake, sensory stimuli, and elimination habits
    • Perineal-genital care involves assessing for various conditions, using specific equipment, and following specific cleansing procedures for females and males
    • Factors affecting normal bowel elimination include diet, fluid intake, physical activity, personal bowel elimination habits, privacy, and age-related changes

    Studying That Suits You

    Use AI to generate personalized quizzes and flashcards to suit your learning preferences.

    Quiz Team

    Related Documents

    Week #8 Supporting Hygiene and Elimination - DM Fall 23 (1).pptx

    Description

    Test your knowledge of nursing interventions for urinary and bowel elimination with this quiz. Explore key terms, factors influencing elimination, assessment techniques, and interventions to promote normal micturition and bowel elimination.

    More Like This

    Use Quizgecko on...
    Browser
    Open
    Browser
    Browser