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NUA Ch 20
Assisting with Bowel and Bladder Elimination
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Examination of the urine under a microscope and by chemical means. | Urinalysis |
| A method of collecting urine that prevents contamination of the urine by the bacteria that normally exist in and around the urethra. | Midstream urine specimen |
| The process of passing urine from the body; also known as urination or voiding | Micturition |
| Blood in the urine | Hematuria |
| Adjective used to describe something that is hidden or cannot be seen with the naked eye; often used as a reference to blood in a urine or stool sample | Occult |
| The term used to describe the need to get up more than once or twice during the night to urinate. | Nocturia |
| The term used to describe painful or difficult urination. | Dysuria |
| The state of voiding a very small amount of urine over a given period of time. | Oliguria |
| Excessive urine output; also called diuresis. | Polyuria |
| Exessive urine output; also called polyuria. | Diuresis |
| The term used to describe the state of voiding less than 100 mL of urine over the course of 24 hours. | Anuria |
| A tube that is inserted into the body for the purpose of administering or removing fluids. | Catheter |
| A urinary catheter that is inserted and then removed immediately, after urine in the bladder is drained out. | Straight Catheter |
| A urinary catheter that is left inside the bladder to provide continuous urine drainage. | Indwelling Catheter |
| A type of indwelling catheter that is inserted into the bladder via a surgical incision made in the abdominal wall. | Suprapubic Catheter |
| The term used to describe a person's involuntary loss of urine from the bladder. | Urinary Incontinence |
| A type of incontinence in which the urine from the bladder leaks when the person coughs, sneezes, or exerts herself. | Stress Incontinence |
| The involuntary release of urine right after a feeling of a strong urge to void. | Urge Incontinence |
| A type of incontinence that occurs in absence of a physical or nervous system problem affecting the urinary tract. | Functional Incontinence |
| This type of incontinence occurs when the bladder is too full of urine. | Overflow Incontinence |
| The inability of the bladder to empty either during urination, or at all. | Urinary Retention |
| This type of incontinence occurs when there is damage to the nerves that enables the person to control urination. | Reflex Incontinence |
| The liquid substance produced by the digestion of food in the stomach | Chyme |
| Involuntary wave-like muscular movements, such as those that occur in the digestive system to move chyme through the intestine. | Peristalsis |
| A condition that occurs when constipation is not relieved. | Fecal Impaction |
| The inability to hold one's own feces, or the involuntary loss of feces from the bowel. | Bowel Incontinence |
| The semi-solid waste product of digestion; stool. | Feces |
| A natural byproduct of digestion; gas. | Flatus |
| The passage of liquid, unformed stool. | Diarrhea |
| Examination that is done when a person is thought to have a fecal impaction; a finger is inserted into the person's rectum to feel the impacted mass. | Digital Examination |
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