Across the Life Span
fluid overload and limited concentration and dilution of urine.
What are common alterations in urine production?
Voiding pattern, influencing factors, and elimination problems.
What is observed and patient interview?
Impaired peristalsis, diarrhea, flatulence, constipation, and bowel incontinence.
What are alterations in bowel elimination?
I&O, catheter care, specimen collection, patient teaching, skin care.
What are nursing interventions?
control is established between 2 and 5, easier during the day.
When is urinary and bowel control established for toddlers and preschoolers?
Urinary incontinence, retention, frequency, and urgency.
What are common alterations in urinary elimination?
Assessing the patient's body.
What is physical examination?
obesity, pregnancy, medical conditions, medication side effects, poor hygiene & diet, travelling.
What are risk factors for bowel elimination alterations?
Diuretics, Anticholinergic, Cholingergic, and Dialysis.
What are treatments for alterations in urinary elimination?
support is better than punishment.
Parents should provide children with reminders, teaching, and ___________?
age, women, smoking, obesity, inactivity, medications.
What are risk factors for urinary incontinence?
What are diagnostic lab tests?
foul-smelling fecal diarrhea, a desire to defecate, abdominal distention, N&V, cramping.
What are signs and symptoms of a bowel impaction?
laxatives, antidiarrheal agents, antiflatulent agents.
What are pharmacologic treatments for bowel elimination?
chronic constipation related to long term laxative use.
Older adults are at risk for what bowel alteration and why?
feeling the urge to void after toileting, bloating, pain, difficulty starting and maintain urination.
What are signs and symptoms of urinary retention?
Ultrasounds, Colonoscopy, Retrograde Pyelograms, Barium Imaging.
What are diagnostic tests?
Chronic impairs storage, transport, and evacuation mechanisms.
What is the pathophysiology of chronic constipation?
urinary catheterization.
What is a nonpharmacological treatment for urinary retention?
bloating, constipation, GERD.
promoting effective urinary, maintain skin integrity, habit training, prevent social isolation
What are nursing goals and interventions aimed at for alterations in urinary elimination?
Management of ostomy, elimination aids, diet, fluid intake, exercise, medications, description of elimination
What is observation and patient history?
promoting regular defecation, skin care, removal of fecal impaction, exercise, positioning, and education.
What are some nursing goals and interventions when caring for a patient with alterations in bowel elimination?
high fiber diet, fluids, pelvic floor exercises, and exercise.
What are non pharmacological treatments for bowel incontinence?