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CAUTIs
What is a catheter-associated urinary tract infection?
Urination
What is the need to urinate when the bladder distends with approximately 150 to 300 mL of urine?
Characteristics of Stool
What are: Color, odor consistency, shape, and components?
The third Most Common Cancer Diagnosed
What is colorectal cancer?
Chronic Residual Urine
What is excessive urine in the bladder after urinating?
Crede'
What is bending forward and applying hand pressure over the bladder?
Frequency
What is the need to urinate often?
FOBT
(Fecal Occult Blood Testing) What is a self-collected screening test from three separate stools obtained by clients to detect blood within the stool?
Fecal Impaction
What is a hardened mass of stool that interferes with defecation?
Double Voiding
What is the voiding, then waiting a few more minutes to allow residual urine to void?
Oliguria
What is urine output of less than 400 mL in 24 hours?
Urgency
What is a strong feeling that urine must be eliminated quickly?
Ileostomy
What is a surgically created opening to the ileum?
Four Urine Specimen Types
What is a voided specimen, clean-catch, catheter, and 24-hour urine?
Concerns with Prostate Enlargement
What is the difficulty in catheterization and obstructive urine outflow?
Gastrocolic Reflex
What is increased peristaltic activity?
The Six Types of Incontinence
What is: Stress, Urge, Reflex, Functional, Total and Overflow?
Seven Factors Affecting Bowel Elimination
What are types of food, fluid intake, medications, emotions, neuromuscular function, abdominal muscle tone, and opportunity for defecation?
Urostomy
What is a urinary diversion that discharges urine from an opening in the abdomen?
Polyps
What are benign lesions
Valsalva Maneuver
What is closing the glottis and contracting the pelvic and abdominal muscles to increase abdominal pressure?
Urinary Diversion
What is one or both ureters are surgically implanted elsewhere?
The Eight Types of Cleansing Enemas
What are Tap water, NS, Soap and water, Hypertonic saline, Mineral oil, glycerin, Coffee, and Phosphate solution?
Three types of Urinary Catheterization
What is an external, straight, or retention catheter?
Power Pudding
What is a natural laxative that consists of 1 cup wheat bran, 1 cup applesauce, and 1 cup prune juice?