The loss of voluntary ability to control fecal and gaseous discharges or urination
What is incontinence?
3 examples of urine elimination devices
What is a bedpan, urinal, hat, Purewick, Foley (indwelling) catheter, straight cath, condom cathether (male external cathether), urinalysis cup, graduated cylinder?
Indwelling catheters that are not inserted using sterile technique are at risk for...
What is a catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?
A patient that eats a diet high in cheese, lean meat, eggs, and pasta is at risk for...
What is constipation?
Dry, pebble-like stools
What is constipation?
This diagnostic test can be used to detect gastrointestinal bleeding
What is a fecal occult blood test?
The act of urination is also known as...
What is voiding or micturition?
A closed drainage system for urine elimination should be free of...
What is dependent loops, kinks, or obstructions?
A patient should wipe this way to reduce the risk of a UTI
What is front to back?
An enema should be administered in this position
What is SIMS position?
A healthy stoma should appear... and the skin should be...
What is pink/beefy red? What is clean, dry, intact?
This test is often done to determine the presence of bacteria in the urine or urinary tract
What is a urinalysis?
The wave-like movement that occurs in the intestines
What is peristalsis?
This bowel diversion reroutes the ileum to an opening in the abdomen
What is an ileostomy?
Involuntary loss of urine following an increase in intra-abdominal pressure such as laughing or coughing
What is stress incontinence?
This medication class is known to cause constipation and patients are often prescribed a stool softener when they on are one of these medications
What is an opioid?
Urinary frequency, urgency, and dysuria are classic signs/symptoms of...
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
A sterile specimen from an indwelling catheter should never be collected from...
What is the collection/urine bag?
Urine output less than 30mL per hour or 500mL per day
What is oliguria?

An ostomy in this location would result in stool that is...

What is liquid?
5 ways to avoid CAUTIs
What is proper hand washing, sterile technique, avoiding loops or kinks, routine peri-care, emptying the bag q8h, avoiding disconnecting the system, securing the tubing, avoiding pulling, keeping the bag below the bladder, NOT letting the system touch the floor, assess need daily, remove as soon as possible, using as a last resort?
The nurse is educating a patient who is receiving PO iron supplements. The nurse would tell the patient to expect this color stool...
What is black?
Bladder distention could be a sign of...
What is urinary retention?
This type of urine specimen is collected to evaluate creatinine clearance
What is 24-hour urine specimen?
The 4 P's of purposeful rounding
What is pain, position, potty, and possessions?
This hypertonic enema (Fleet phosphate) assists with elimination by...
What is drawing water into the colon?
An obstruction within the urinary system can be caused by...
What is a renal calculi or kidney stone?
The patient complains of abdominal pain. The nurse palpates the abdomen and notes tenderness, distention, and a mass in the left lower quadrant. The nurse suspects...
What is fecal impaction?
Patients taking this medication may notice green or blue-green urine
What is amitriptyline (antidepressant) or B-complex vitamins or indigo dye?
This diagnostic study visualizes the esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine
What is an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)?