AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔STOOL IS EXCRETED WITHIN________________ - ✔✔48 hrs. of ingestion
✔✔Normal stool color in adult - ✔✔brown
✔✔normal stool color in infants - ✔✔yellow
✔✔shape of a normal stool - ✔✔cylindrical
✔✔normal stool size - ✔✔2.5 cm in diameter
✔✔normal odor of stool - ✔✔aromatic
✔✔characteristics of melena stool - ✔✔black tarry
✔✔characteristics of Hematochezia - ✔✔bright red blood
✔✔characteristics of Steatorrhea - ✔✔greasy, bulky
✔✔characteristics of Acholic Stools - ✔✔gray, pale or clay - colored
✔✔factors affecting bowel elimination - ✔✔age
diet
fluid
activity
defecation habits
physiological factors
medication
diagnostic procedures
pathologic conditions
Anesthesia/surgery
pain
✔✔Common alterations in bowel elimination - ✔✔constipation
fecal impaction
bowel retention
diarrhea
bowel incontinence
✔✔CONSTIPATION - ✔✔The infrequent & difficult passage of hardened stool.
✔✔FECAL IMPACTION - ✔✔Bolus of hardened stool