Role of GI organs in digestion and elimination
What role does the mouth play?
Mechanically and chemically breaks down nutrients into usable size and form
During emotional stress the digestive process is?
accelerated and peristalsis is increased
Describe a common alteration in elimination?
Constipation (results from improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications)
Give an intervention to promote normal bowel elimination?
Sitting position
Positioning on a bedpan
Stool softeners/laxatives
List nursing interventions included in bowel training?
Assessing normal elimination pattern and recording times when patient is incontinent
What is the role of the esophagus?
A circular muscle that prevents air from entering the esophagus and food from refluxing into the throat
what is the side effect of emotional stress?
Diarrhea and gaseous distention
Impaction results from unrelieved?
constipation
Give an intervention to promote normal bowel elimination?
Enemas
Plenty of fluids
Added foods with fiber
Discuss nursing care measures required for patients with a bowel diversion
Provide emotional support before and after surgery
Refer the patient. to ostomy support groups such as the United Ostomy Associations of America
What happens in the stomach
The stomach has three tasks;
- Storage of swallowed food
- Mixing of food with digestive juices into chime
- Regulated emptying of its contents into the small intestine
Stress can exacerbate GI diseases such as?
Ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, certain gastric and duodenal ulcers, and Crohn's disease
Diarrhea other wise known as irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result feces become?
watery, and the patients is unable to control the urge to defecate
Name another intervention?
Regular exercise
Management of fecal incontinence or diarrhea
Assess a patient's elimination pattern for?
Inspection of the fecal characteristics
Physical assessment of the abdomen
Mobility
Chewing ability
What is the role of the small intestine?
Facilitates both digestion and absorption
Depression can slow impulses that will?
Incontinence is the result of gas accumulation in the?
lumen of the intestines, making the bowel was stretch and distend
What are some factors influencing bowel elimination?
Diet and physical activity, psychological factors, personal habits, posture, pain, pregnancy, surgery, anesthesia, medications and diagnostic tests
What is daily fiber intake?
Daily fiber intake: 25g – 38g
What is the role of the large intestine?
Large Intestine - Has three functions
- Absorption
- Secretion
- Gas (flatulence)
Peristalsis can result in?
constipation
Hemorrhoids is increased venous pressure from straining at?
defecation, pregnancy, heart failure, and chronic liver disease causes hemorrhoids
Name some physiological factors that influence bowel elimination?
Depression and emotional stress (colitis, crohn's disease, ulcers, IBS)
What is the daily fluid intake?
Daily fluid intake: 2,000 to 3,000 mL