Identify the defining characteristics in the nursing diagnosis statement:
Constipation related to decreased gastrointestinal motility secondary to pain medication administration as evidenced by the patient reporting no bowel movement in seven days, abdominal distention, and complaints of abdominal pain.
a. Decreased gastrointestinal motility
b. Pain medication
c. Abdominal distention
d. Constipation
ANS: C
Abdominal distention, no reported bowel movement, and abdominal pain are the defining characteristics. Decreased gastrointestinal motility secondary to pain medication is an etiology or related to factor. Constipation is the identified problem derived from the defining characteristics.
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