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Fundamentals Exam 2

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Route of GI tract   mouth. esophagus, stomach, duodenum, jejunum, ileum, cecum, ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid, rectum, anus  
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Factors that affect GI elimination   nutrition status, personal habits, medications, spinal injury, surgery, pregnancy, infections, food intolerance, physical activity, illnesses, stress, position, diagnostic test  
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What is peristalsis?   contraction that propels food through the length of the GI tract  
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Diarrhea   increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces  
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Impaction   results from unrelieved constipation and is unable to expel the hardened feces retained in the rectum  
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Constipation   symptom, not a disease (infrequent bowel movement - less than 3 per week)  
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Risk from diarrhea   dehydration, watch potassium, skin breakdown (keep skin clean and dry while using barrier cream)  
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Prevention for GI problems   exercise, fiber in diet, laxative use, and stool softener  
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What can laxative abuse lead to?   constipation  
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Why would a nurse need to give an enema?   constipation, medications, procedure, relieve gas  
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What is an enema?   the instillation of a solution into a the rectum and stimulates peristalsis  
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Cleansing enema   promote the complete evacuation of feces from the colon; typically for diagnostic procedures  
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Types of cleansing enemas   tap water, normal saline, hypertonic solutions  
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Tap water   hypotonic solution, do not repeat -> water toxicity (fluid overload), fill up bag with large volume of tap water to irritant and have bowel movement (very cheap)  
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Normal saline   isotonic solution- same as blood, safest enema -> use on children and won't cause electrolyte imbalance  
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Hypertonic solution   Fleets enema - can give to self, hypertonic, pulls water from the body to the gut (opposite water) Soap suds - castile soap to water, irritant the gut and get this out of here Oil retention -absorbed in the stool to soften and hopefully get it out  
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Kayexalate enema   potassium exiting; pulls K to stool and expels through rectum - used for patients with a high K level  
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Contrast enema   barium enema to show problem in the bowel - diagnostic  
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Carminative enema   provides relief from gas distention  
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Can a CNA give an enema??   yup  
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Position for enema   left lateral Sim's, can do on bedpan; cannot give on toilet - can perforate the intestinal wall (DO NOT GET NEAR RECTUM WHEN ADMINISTERING)  
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Safety recap on enema   wear PPE, use IV pole to hang bag, warm temperature, adult - 3-4 inches and child - 2-3 inches, angle tubing toward belly button  
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If a nurse needs to slow down the rate of an enema, what should they do?   Lower the bag to slow down the rate of the enema because of patient complaining of discomfort  
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What type of enema should a nurse never repeat?   tap water  
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Symptoms of impaction   constipation, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, distention, rectal pain, abdominal distention  
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Can a CNA do a dis-impaction? Why?   No, nurse can only do this. Because of stimulation of vagal nerve that can lead to bradycardia  
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How does a nurse do a dis-impaction?   insert one finger, let sphincter relax and feeling of hard stool, insert two fingers, scissor motion to break apart big mass, mass into bedpan or something (sometimes patient can pass it)  
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Stoma   abdominal wall, beefy red color (blue - no blood flow), way for stool to come out, needs to have a really tight fit on ostomy bag  
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Ileostomy   ileum location for ostomy  
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Colostomy   colon location for ostomy  
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What is an ostomy bag called?   an appliance  
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Ascending   liquid stool  
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Transverse   semi-solid stool  
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Descending   solid stool  
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