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