A nurse performs an abdominal assessment on 4 patients. Which of the following would be considered a normal abdominal assessment?

A nurse is digitally removing stool that is impacted from a patient. The nurse should stop the procedure immediately and take corrective action if the patient's:

During an admission physical assessment, a nurse questions a patient about their bowel

elimination pattern. The nurse may say, "Can you tell me your bowel regimen? Do you have a regular, bowel movement every day? What is the approximate time that you have a bowel

movement?" The nurse's goal is

A patient who is constipated has just received a mineral oilretention enema. The nurse encourages this patient to hold this enema for a minimum of how long?

A doctor orders a test to find "hidden blood" from the patient's stool sample. A nurse identifies that this type of test is used to detect the presence of

A nurse is speaking to a patient about his recent bowel movement. He says, "Sometimes my bowel movements are greenish in color. Is that normal?" The nurse replies:

A patient has stools that are foulsmelling and that float on water. The nurse documents that this patient is having

The nurse knows that the best way to clean around a colostomy stoma is to use the following

A nurse is monitoring bowel elimination of a patient who has a history of constipation. The nurse implements measures to assist with bowel elimination if the patient has not had a bowel movement what would be the BEST option to try first?

A male patient has told a nurse that he occasionally fights constipation. Teaching the patient how to prevent constipation and promote normal elimination, the nurse instructs him to

Which doctor's order should be questioned?