Multiple Choice
A patient is complaining to the nurse that he feels the need to have a bowel movement but has not been able to defecate.He has had cramping and even a small amount of brown watery stool.What should the nurse recognize these symptoms as?
A) Diarrhea
B) Fecal incontinence
C) Fecal impaction
D) Flatulence
Correct Answer:
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