A client is experiencing straining at stool with the production of hard stools. The nurse realizes this client might be diagnosed with constipation if the client also has:
1. fewer than six bowel movements per week.
2. fewer than five bowel movements per week.
3. fewer than four bowel movements per week.
4. fewer than three bowel movements per week.
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The number of bowel movements a client has is very individual, but if a client has fewer than three bowel movements per week or must vigorously strain when passing stool, the client is considered to have constipation. The other choices do not fit the criteria for the diagnosis of constipation.
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