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Mouth
N - Digestion begin with mastication
Ab - Decrease chewing and oral dryness
Esophagus
N- Peristalis moves food into stomach
Ab - Reduce motility
Stomach
N - Stores food, mixes food, liquid and digest juices, moved food into small intest
Ab - decrease acid secretion,
Motility, thickness
Small intestine
N - Duodenum,jejunum and ileum
Ab - Decrease nutr absorption
Large intestine
N - The primary organ of bowel elimination
Ab - Develop constipation
fecal imp
Liver decreased in size
Anus
N - Expels feces and flatus from the rectum
Ab - Muscle tone loss
Valsalva maneuver
Bare down
Can cause irr heart rhy
Subjective Char of constipation
Abdominal pain
Anorexia
Rectal pressure
Headache
Incr abdo pressure
Nauses
Pain with defecation
Objective Char of constipation
Hard, dry, stool
Abd distention
Decreased frequency
Straining at stool
Flatulence
Decreased volume
Objective Char of constipation
Percussed abd dullness
Vomitting
Hypo.hyperactive bowel sounds
Related factors to contributing constipation
No routine
Can not sit up
Diet def
Lack of fluid
Lack of exercise
No privacy
Related factors to contributing to constipation
Adbo muscle weak
Depression
Emotional distress
CNS depressant drugs
Neuro impairement
Overuse of antidiar agents
CNS depressant drugs and anticholinergics
Ativan
Zanta
Related factors for constipation
Anesthesis
Surgery
Disease process
Inability to perceive bowel cues
Lack of knowledge
Constipation
A decrease in a person's normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and or passage of exc hard dry stool
Nursing DX
Risk for constipation
Meds
Lack of exercise
Lack of fluid
Diets
Nursing DX *****
Perceived Constipation
You think you have it
Self prescirbes daily laxa, enemas, suppositories
Nursing DX
Fecal impaction
Inability to voluntarily or inv passage of stool
Bulk Forming****
Laxative
Natural least irritating
Bulk Forming*****
Action
Increases bulk
Absorbs water
Bulk Forming*****
Action
Give with water
Follow up with water
Enhance actions
Bulk Forming
Ad/reaction ***
Nausea/Vomit
Obstr to inst and esphog
Bulk Formin***
Nursing Interventions
Assess for
Distention
Bowel sounds
Unusual pattern
Can pt eliminate
Surfactant***
Emollient or wetting agent
Prevents straining at stool
no lax effect
Surfactant***
Actions
Soften stool
Short term Therapy
Surfactant****
Adverse Reactions
Mushy stool
If immobil can not pass
Digital remove
Cramping
Surfactant***
Do not give
Within 2 hours of other lax
Pt with CHF r/t Na (fluid retention)
Lubricant Laxatives ***
Mineral Oil
Coats
Slippery Stool
Lubricant Laxatives ***
Action
Slippery Stool
Prevents fluid abs from stool
Lubricant Laxatives ***
Adv Reactions
Overtime can interfere with
fat absopr Vit A, D, E and K
Lubricant Laxatives ***
Nursing Consideration
Do not take w/in 2 hours of eating - inter with fat absop vitamins
Do not take lying down
Risk for aspir - pneuom
Lubricant Laxatives ***
Nursing Consideration
If difficult swallowing
Laxatives -
Saline cathartics ***
Milk of mag
Edemas
Poorly abs salts
Laxatives -
Saline cathartics ***
Actions
Bulk
Semi liquid
Oral 2-6 hours to work
Rect 5-10 min
Laxatives -
Saline cathartics ***
Containdications
Do not use in pts with Kidney, Cardiac or Inflam Bowels
Magnes build up
Common adverse affect of cathartics is?
*****!!!!!!
Diarrhea
Laxative
Irritant and stimulant
Dulcolax and Castor Oil
Laxative
Irritant and Stim
Action
Irritates GI, pulls H2O into bowels
Fecal moves to fast for rapid absopr
Watery stool is elimated
Laxative
Irritant and Stim
Adverse Reaction
cramping
not for LTuse
Electroly imbalance
Fecal impaction***
Signs and symptoms
First signs in inability to pass stool with peristaisis
Abdomincal distension
Small amounts of BM ooozing
Contin feeling or urge to deecate
Fecal impaction***
Signs and symptoms
Rectal pain
Naesea/vomitting
SOB
Hypertension
Abd fullness
Fecal impaction goes where?
Up into colon
Peristalsis
Movement of stool thru the digestive tract
Diarrhea NI
Why is handing washing so important? ***!!!!
To prevent
C diff
What is C Diff?
Clostridium Difficile
Pepto Bismol*****!!!!
Alumin - Causes constipation
with long term use
Imodium ****!!!
Opeate
Decrease intest mobilit