Exam 34: Bowel Elimination and Gastric Intubation

A patient is admitted for constipation.When planning care for this patient, the nurse recognizes that which interventions would help control constipation? (Select all that apply.)

When preparing an infant for an enema, the nurse understands that which solution is the safest?

When evaluating a health care team member's ability to digitally remove feces, the nurse determined that further teaching is required in which of the following situations?

In advancing the NG tube, which technique provides the safest outcome?

The nurse is preparing to administer an enema to a patient.Which type of enema is most likely to lead to circulatory overload?

_____________ is defined by a number of signs including infrequent bowel movements, difficulty evacuating, hard stools, and inability to defecate.

What should the nurse do to verify nasogastric (NG) tube placement? (Select all that apply.)

Infrequent bowel movements (less often than every 3 days), difficulty in evacuating feces, inability to defecate, and hard feces are signs of ________________.