Terminology
Elimination Devices
Urinary Problems
Bowel Problems
Assessment
Diagnostics
100
The loss of voluntary ability to control fecal and gaseous discharges or urination
What is incontinence?
100
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?
100
Indwelling catheters that are not inserted using sterile technique are at risk for...
What is a catheter associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)?
100
A patient that eats a diet high in cheese, lean meat, eggs, and pasta is at risk for...
What is constipation?
100
Dry, pebble-like stools
What is constipation?
100
This diagnostic test can be used to detect gastrointestinal bleeding
What is a fecal occult blood test?
200
The act of urination is also known as...
What is voiding or micturition?
200
A closed drainage system for urine elimination should be free of...
What is dependent loops, kinks, or obstructions?
200
A patient should wipe this way to reduce the risk of a UTI
What is front to back?
200
An enema should be administered in this position
What is SIMS position?
200
A healthy stoma should appear... and the skin should be...
What is pink/beefy red? What is clean, dry, intact?
200
This test is often done to determine the presence of bacteria in the urine or urinary tract
What is a urinalysis?
300
The wave-like movement that occurs in the intestines
What is peristalsis?
300
This bowel diversion reroutes the ileum to an opening in the abdomen
What is an ileostomy?
300
Involuntary loss of urine following an increase in intra-abdominal pressure such as laughing or coughing
What is stress incontinence?
300
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?
300
Urinary frequency, urgency, and dysuria are classic signs/symptoms of...
What is a urinary tract infection (UTI)?
300
A sterile specimen from an indwelling catheter should never be collected from...
What is the collection/urine bag?
400
Urine output less than 30mL per hour or 500mL per day
What is oliguria?
400
An ostomy in this location would result in stool that is...
What is liquid?
400
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?
400
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?
400
Bladder distention could be a sign of...
What is urinary retention?
400
This type of urine specimen is collected to evaluate creatinine clearance
What is 24-hour urine specimen?
500
The 4 P's of purposeful rounding
What is pain, position, potty, and possessions?
500
This hypertonic enema (Fleet phosphate) assists with elimination by...
What is drawing water into the colon?
500
An obstruction within the urinary system can be caused by...
What is a renal calculi or kidney stone?
500
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?
500
Patients taking this medication may notice green or blue-green urine
What is amitriptyline (antidepressant) or B-complex vitamins or indigo dye?
500
This diagnostic study visualizes the esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine
What is an esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD)?