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| CONTINUOUS COLLECTION AND REMOVAL OF SOLID WASTE PRODUCTS, TOXINS, FOREIGN BODIES AND EXCESS FLUIDS FROM THE GI TRACT. |
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| WHAT SIDE SHOULD THE NURSE MOVE THE PATIENT TO GET RID OF GAS? |
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| MOVE PATIENT TO THE RIGHT, THIS WILL MOVE GAS TO THE DESCENDING COLON |
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| WHAT CAN DELAY OR PREVENT REGULAR BOWEL MOVEMENT? |
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| UNFAMILIAR, UNCLEAN LOCATION, LACK OF PRIVACY, FEAR OF EMBARRASSMENT |
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| WHAT CAN ALTER BELIEFS ABOUT GI AND BOWEL FUNCTION? |
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| BOWEL HYGIENE AND HABITS LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD |
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| INFREQUENT PASSAGE OF HARD/DRY STOOL PAINFUL AND SOMETIMES CAUSES HEMORRHOIDS |
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| WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF NAUSEA? |
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| BLOCKAGE, STRICTURE, TRAUMA, FECAL IMPACTION, FOREIGN BODY ADHESIONS |
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| PASSAGE OF FREQUENT, WATERY, STOOLS OFTERN WITH SKIN IRRITAION. |
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| HOW WOULD THE NURSE KNOW HOW TO DIFFERNCIATE WHEN A PATIENT HAS DIARRHEA OF WHEN ITS NORMAL? |
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| FREQUENT OR WATERY STOOL IS NOT DIARRHEA YOU NEED TO WAIT TO SEE A PATTERN TO DETERMINE IF THE PATIENT HAS DIARRHEA |
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