During a physical assessment, the patient complains of difficulty in passing stools. What should the nurse document that the patient is experiencing?
a. Dyspnea
b. Cyanosis
c. Constipation
d. Ecchymosis
ANS: C
Constipation is difficulty in passing stools or an incomplete or infrequent passage of hard stools. There are many causes, both organic and functional.
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1. Several people work together to facilitate a policy change for discharge procedures. 2. The nurse managers meet once monthly to discuss issues varying from unit to unit. 3. The unit staff meet once monthly after work and discuss problems encountered recently. 4. Once every quarter the nursing supervisors work on projects as assigned by the nursing administrator.
A __________ is an opening in the large bowel created by bringing a section of the large intestine out to the abdomen and fashioning a stoma
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There are several ways in which confounding extraneous variables can be controlled. Which control technique is considered the best?
A. matching B. random assignment C. counterbalancing D. selection
The nursing process is focused on:
a. The person's needs b. The doctor's orders c. Agency policies d. The medical record