NUR 2115 FINAL EXAM
//Why do we perform a colonoscopy?
Screening for cancer, pain or bleeding, just a general checkup, complications in
the GI/abdomen
// Nursing diagnoses based on assessment findings – walked into a room of
elderly gentleman, has Parkinson’s, shuffled gate in assessment?
Risk for falls
// Nursing interventions – how do we prevent UTI?
Cotton underwear, avoid thongs, pee after sex, fluids, cranberry juice, whip from
front to back, no irritating feminine products
// Assessment findings for diarrhea?
Dehydrated, pallor, fatigue, hyperactive bowels, Loose, watery stools, Abdominal
cramps or pain, Fever (above 102/F/39C), Blood or mucus in the stool, Bloating,
nausea, Urgent need to have a bowel movement
// Identify health bowel habits?
, Eat all of your meals at the same time each day. 2. Eat foods in similar amounts.
The same amount of food eaten the same day. 3. Breakfast is the most important
meal involved in bowel stimulation. 4. Eat a high fiber diet that includes both
soluble and insoluble fiber. 5. No caffeine, it’s a diuretic drawing fluid from your
colon and leaving your stools hard. 6. Drink 64 ounces a day or 8 glasses of water.
7. Exercise daily. Exercise increases colonic transit time.
// If someone has paralysis in lower extremities, what should you assess?
Urinary retention, urinary infection, renal calculi
// Skin changes in older adults?
Aging skin looks thinner, paler, and clear (translucent), less skin turgor, dry. Large
pigmented spots, including age spots, liver spots, or lentigos, may appear in sun-
exposed areas. Changes in the connective tissue reduce the skin's strength and
elasticity. Sebaceous glands produce less oil as you age.
// When do we want to document what we do?
Immediately after doing it, not ever before, never generalize always be specific
// SOB is also called what (medical term)?
Dyspnea
//Why do we perform a colonoscopy?
Screening for cancer, pain or bleeding, just a general checkup, complications in
the GI/abdomen
// Nursing diagnoses based on assessment findings – walked into a room of
elderly gentleman, has Parkinson’s, shuffled gate in assessment?
Risk for falls
// Nursing interventions – how do we prevent UTI?
Cotton underwear, avoid thongs, pee after sex, fluids, cranberry juice, whip from
front to back, no irritating feminine products
// Assessment findings for diarrhea?
Dehydrated, pallor, fatigue, hyperactive bowels, Loose, watery stools, Abdominal
cramps or pain, Fever (above 102/F/39C), Blood or mucus in the stool, Bloating,
nausea, Urgent need to have a bowel movement
// Identify health bowel habits?
, Eat all of your meals at the same time each day. 2. Eat foods in similar amounts.
The same amount of food eaten the same day. 3. Breakfast is the most important
meal involved in bowel stimulation. 4. Eat a high fiber diet that includes both
soluble and insoluble fiber. 5. No caffeine, it’s a diuretic drawing fluid from your
colon and leaving your stools hard. 6. Drink 64 ounces a day or 8 glasses of water.
7. Exercise daily. Exercise increases colonic transit time.
// If someone has paralysis in lower extremities, what should you assess?
Urinary retention, urinary infection, renal calculi
// Skin changes in older adults?
Aging skin looks thinner, paler, and clear (translucent), less skin turgor, dry. Large
pigmented spots, including age spots, liver spots, or lentigos, may appear in sun-
exposed areas. Changes in the connective tissue reduce the skin's strength and
elasticity. Sebaceous glands produce less oil as you age.
// When do we want to document what we do?
Immediately after doing it, not ever before, never generalize always be specific
// SOB is also called what (medical term)?
Dyspnea
