Fundamentals NR 226 Patient Care:
Chapter 47,50 and 37 Question and
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
who are you going to coffee donate to ? - correct answer ✔https://www.ko-fi.com/pandariot
What factors can affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔Surgery, immobility, age,
medications, and therapeutic diets
Describe infant poop. ATI - correct answer ✔infants have watery and yellow pop if breast feeding. With
formula they have pasty brown colored poop
At what age do we typical learn bowel control? ati - correct answer ✔ages 2-3 years old
What happens to our GI tract and bowels as we get older? ati - correct answer ✔our peristalsis
decrease and sphincters relax.
What is the fiber requirement per day? ati - correct answer ✔25-30 g/day
What is the recommended fluid intake? ati - correct answer ✔2000 to 3000 ml/day from fluid and food
sources
how does emotional distress affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔increase peristalsis and
exacerbate chronic conditions ( crohns, ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome)
how does depression affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔decreaese peristalsis and can
lead to constipation
,What environmental/social factors affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔- willingness to use
public toilets
- false perception of need "1-per-day-dump"
-lack of privacy when hospitalized
- constipation due to immobility
- experience pain may suppress urges
- opioid use
how does pregnancy affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔- growing fetus compromises
intestinal space
- slower peristalsis
-straining increasing the risk of hemorrhoids
What 2 types are medications used for bowel control? ati - correct answer ✔laxatives : soften stools
cathartics : promotes peristalsis
What occurs with laxative over use? ati - correct answer ✔chronic use of laxatives cause a weakening
of bowel's expected response to distension from feces resulting in the development of chronic
constipation
what can you do to prevent stool contact with skin in an incontinent patient? ati - correct answer ✔The
provider can prescribe an anal bag or other bowel management system to collect stool and prevent it
from coming into contact with the skin.
what therapeutic measures can you take for patients with hemorrhoids? ati - correct answer ✔use a
moist wipe for cleansing the perianal area, and apply ointments or creams as presribed. use a sitz bath
or ice pack to promote relief from hemorrhoid discomfort.
, What are end stomas? ati - correct answer ✔are results of colorectal cancer or some types of bowel
deasease. It is a a diversion of the colon into the anterior aspect of abdomen.
Describe loop colostomies, ati - correct answer ✔they help resolve medical emergency and are
temporary. In a loop colonostomy, a loop of bowel is supported on the abdomen with a proximal stoma
draining stool and a distal stoma draining mucus.
Usually done in transverse colon.
Describe double-barrel colostomies. ati - correct answer ✔consist of 2 abdominal stomas: once
proximal and one distal. the proximal stoma drains stool and the distal stoma leads to inactive intestine.
after the injured area of the intestine heals, the colostomy is often reversed by reattaching the 2 ends.
describe paralytic ileus. ati - correct answer ✔is an intestinal obstruction caused by reduced motility
following bowel manipulation during surgery, electrolyte imbalance, wound infection, or by the effects
of medication.
What are the causes of constipation? ati - correct answer ✔- frequent laxative use
- advance age
- inadequate fluid intake
- inadequate fiber intake
- immobilization
-sedentary lifestyle
- pregnancy
- medication effects
what are some cause of diarrhea? - correct answer ✔- viral gastroenteritis
- bacterial gastroenteritis
Chapter 47,50 and 37 Question and
answers 100% correct 2025/2026
who are you going to coffee donate to ? - correct answer ✔https://www.ko-fi.com/pandariot
What factors can affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔Surgery, immobility, age,
medications, and therapeutic diets
Describe infant poop. ATI - correct answer ✔infants have watery and yellow pop if breast feeding. With
formula they have pasty brown colored poop
At what age do we typical learn bowel control? ati - correct answer ✔ages 2-3 years old
What happens to our GI tract and bowels as we get older? ati - correct answer ✔our peristalsis
decrease and sphincters relax.
What is the fiber requirement per day? ati - correct answer ✔25-30 g/day
What is the recommended fluid intake? ati - correct answer ✔2000 to 3000 ml/day from fluid and food
sources
how does emotional distress affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔increase peristalsis and
exacerbate chronic conditions ( crohns, ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome)
how does depression affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔decreaese peristalsis and can
lead to constipation
,What environmental/social factors affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔- willingness to use
public toilets
- false perception of need "1-per-day-dump"
-lack of privacy when hospitalized
- constipation due to immobility
- experience pain may suppress urges
- opioid use
how does pregnancy affect bowel elimination? ati - correct answer ✔- growing fetus compromises
intestinal space
- slower peristalsis
-straining increasing the risk of hemorrhoids
What 2 types are medications used for bowel control? ati - correct answer ✔laxatives : soften stools
cathartics : promotes peristalsis
What occurs with laxative over use? ati - correct answer ✔chronic use of laxatives cause a weakening
of bowel's expected response to distension from feces resulting in the development of chronic
constipation
what can you do to prevent stool contact with skin in an incontinent patient? ati - correct answer ✔The
provider can prescribe an anal bag or other bowel management system to collect stool and prevent it
from coming into contact with the skin.
what therapeutic measures can you take for patients with hemorrhoids? ati - correct answer ✔use a
moist wipe for cleansing the perianal area, and apply ointments or creams as presribed. use a sitz bath
or ice pack to promote relief from hemorrhoid discomfort.
, What are end stomas? ati - correct answer ✔are results of colorectal cancer or some types of bowel
deasease. It is a a diversion of the colon into the anterior aspect of abdomen.
Describe loop colostomies, ati - correct answer ✔they help resolve medical emergency and are
temporary. In a loop colonostomy, a loop of bowel is supported on the abdomen with a proximal stoma
draining stool and a distal stoma draining mucus.
Usually done in transverse colon.
Describe double-barrel colostomies. ati - correct answer ✔consist of 2 abdominal stomas: once
proximal and one distal. the proximal stoma drains stool and the distal stoma leads to inactive intestine.
after the injured area of the intestine heals, the colostomy is often reversed by reattaching the 2 ends.
describe paralytic ileus. ati - correct answer ✔is an intestinal obstruction caused by reduced motility
following bowel manipulation during surgery, electrolyte imbalance, wound infection, or by the effects
of medication.
What are the causes of constipation? ati - correct answer ✔- frequent laxative use
- advance age
- inadequate fluid intake
- inadequate fiber intake
- immobilization
-sedentary lifestyle
- pregnancy
- medication effects
what are some cause of diarrhea? - correct answer ✔- viral gastroenteritis
- bacterial gastroenteritis
