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Elim./Urination
Shawnee ADNR181 Elimination
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Amount of urine per day. | 1500-1800mL |
| Consistency of urine. | Water-like |
| Composition of urine. | organic and inorganic wastes, 95% water, normally sterile. |
| Color of urine. | Clear to dark yellow (amber) |
| Odor of urine | distinctive...old urine smells of ammonia. Changes if blood or microorganisms are present. |
| Specific gravity of urine | 1.015-1.040 |
| pH of urine | 4.5-8.0 |
| Urine frequency | 150-200 mL(adult) 50-200 mL (child) |
| Micturation means... | Urinating |
| At what age do children develope sphincter control | 18-24 months |
| What term means absence of urine formation? | Anuria |
| What term means urinary output of less than 400 mL a day? | Oliguria |
| What term means excessive secretion and discharge of urine? | Polyuria |
| What term means voiding at frequent intervals? | Frequency |
| What term means urination, particularly excessive or frequent at night? | Nocturia |
| What term means feeling the need to void immediately? | Urgency |
| What term means to evacuate the bowels or bladder? | Void |
| What term means painful urination caused from bacterial infection in the bladder? | Dysuria |
| What term means involuntary delay of initiating urination? | Hesitancy |
| What term means involuntary discharge of urine after the age at which bladder control should have been established? | Enuresis |
| What term means inability to control urination? | Incontinence |
| What term means inability to empty the bladder completely? | Retention |
| The large intestine is __to__inches long. | 50-60 |
| Name 7 parts of lg. intestine. | cecum, ascending colon, transverrse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, anus |
| Normal color of feces | brown adult, yellow infant |
| Feces consistancy | formed, soft, semisolid, moist |
| Feces shape. | contour of rectum |
| Feces amount | varies with diet 100-400 gm/d |
| Feces odor | affected by food, flora |
| Feces constituence | roughage, bacteria and cells, fat, protein, digestive juices, inorganic matter |
| Ribbon-shaped stool may be a sign of what? | A growth in the colon. |
| What term means intestinal motility? | Peristalsis |
| 4 meds. that decrease peristalsis. | Narcotics, antidepressants, anticholinergics, antidiarrheals |
| 3 meds. that increase peristalsis. | antibiotics, ferrous sulfate, laxatives |
| 5 common fecal problems. | constipation, impaction, diarrhea, incontinence, flatulence. |
| What term means return or backward flow? | Reflux |
| What term means wavelike movement of the digestive system? | Peristalsis |
| What term means a mass of masticated food ready to be swallowed? | Bolus |
| What term means a mixture of partially digested food and digestive juices in the stomach? | Chyme |
| What term means gas in the digestive tract? | Flatus/flatulence |
| What term means evacuation of the bowels? | Defecation |
| What term means a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway? | Valsalva maneuver |
| What term means passage of fluid or unformed stool? | Diarrhea |
| What term means loss of self-control. Ex. Fecal, Urinary | Incontinence |
| What term means the opening of a portion of the colon through the abdominal wall? | Colostomy |
| What term means an artificially created opening between a passage and the bodies surface? | Stoma |
| What term means a surgical passage through the abdominal wall, in which a segment of the ileum is exteriorized? | ileostomy |
| An alcoholic solution of _______ is used to test for occult blood in feces. | Guaiac |
| What term means an active purgative producing bowel movements? | Cathartics |
| What term means a decrease in a person's normal frequency of defacation. Sometimes having hard, dry stool? | Constipation |
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