A nurse is taking a history on a newly admitted patient. The patient states that he recently had a change in diet and medication. When asked about bowel elimination the patient reports that stools are dry and hard to pass
The nurse realizes that this bowel pattern is best identified as: A. constipation.
B. fecal impaction.
C. fecal incontinence.
D. abnormal defecation.
A
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. Fecal incontinence is the inability to control the passage of feces and gas from the anus. Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool towards the anus.
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