LTCNA Chapter 17

What should you eat a lot of to help you have daily bowel movements?

• Dairy products like ice cream

• Fiber such as a salad with meals

• Animal fats and tons of fried food

• Lots of candy, sweets and sugar

Which position do you place your resident in to give them an enema?

• Holy cow, let them do it their self.

• Lateral

• standing up leaning over the bed

• Sim's

f you have irritable bowel syndrome and just ate a huge greasy McDonald's lunch and your sitting in class, instantly you have to jump and run to the bathroom. What do we call your liquid stool?

• Constipation

• Severe gas that everyone in the bathroom heard and you die of embarrassment.

• Diarrhea

• Peptic ulcer with vomitus

When you are constipated you feel__________?

• Happy as a unicorn jumping over a rainbow

• Ready to run a marathon

• very grumpy and irritable

• Your heart beats rapidly, you sweat profusely and you have constant liquid stools.

You are working with a resident who has an ostomy bag and you remember that the hole is called a/an _____________.

• stool

• stoma

• bag

• appliance

How do you know if you have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

• you have diarrhea

• you are lactose intolerant

• you are constipated

• you have heartburn

When you have GERD you will______________________

• Eat a huge meal right before bed.

• Eat more spicy foods

• Eat several hours before bedtime

• Eat three large fatty meals per day

When giving a cleansing enema, how far should the bottom of the enema bag be above the anus?

• not more than 8 inches

• Not more than 12 inches

• not more than 10 inches

• not more than 20 inches

Most people who have ostomies can manage the ostomy appliance by themselves.

• True

• False

The best way to have a bowel movement is?

• Sitting with the back straight and feet flat on the floor

• Lying on the stomach

• Laying flat on the bed

• Squatting and leaning forward