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What should be done to facilitate better understanding and retention of a heavy deck?
Review in chunks
What is recommended to help solidify understanding and application in the CJM Activity?
Take time in working through it
What should be done to reduce urinary incontinence and constipation?
Promote normal micturition and bowel elimination
How should the client's elimination needs be planned?
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What is the characteristic of stool that should be assessed?
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Which nursing intervention promotes normal bowel elimination?
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What is the result of gas production in the lumen of the intestine?
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What is the process of emptying the bowel called?
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What should be encouraged to promote normal defecation?
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What is the recommended daily fluid intake for promoting normal bowel elimination?
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What is the recommended dietary fiber intake for promoting normal bowel elimination?
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What should be done to assist a client to maintain normal elimination habits?
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What is an important infection control practice when assisting a client with elimination?
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How should a clean, fully-opened incontinence brief be positioned on the client?
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How should the client be positioned when assisting with a urinal?
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What should be done to perform perineal care for a male patient?
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What is a key term related to urinary elimination?
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What is a factor influencing urination?
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What is a nursing intervention to reduce urinary tract infections?
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What is involved in urinary assessment?
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What is the average fluid intake per day?
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What does perineum care involve?
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What does urine collection involve?
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What are factors affecting normal bowel elimination?
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What is a nursing intervention to promote normal micturition?
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What is perineal-genital care?
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What is a key term related to urinary elimination?
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What should be reported when monitoring urine output?
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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
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