The nurse provides knows that a bowel elimination schedule would be most beneficial in the plan of care for which patient?
a. A 40-year-old patient with an ileostomy
b. A 25-year-old patient with Crohn's disease
c. A 30-year-old patient with C. difficile
d. A 70-year-old patient with stool incontinence
ANS: D
A bowel elimination program is helpful for a patient with incontinence. It helps the person who still has neuromuscular control defecate normally. An ileostomy, Crohn's disease, and C. difficile all relate to uncontrollable bowel movements, for which no method can be used to set up a schedule of elimination.
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