Author Question: The nurse recognizes the patient who is exhibiting signs of diarrhea and will need enhanced skin ... (Read 39 times)

skymedlock · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

The nurse recognizes the patient who is exhibiting signs of diarrhea and will need enhanced skin care precautions as the patient who has:

a. one unformed stool after a bolus of tube feeding.
b. an unformed stool followed by a formed stool 3 hours later.
c. cramping and nausea followed by an unformed stool.
d. no abdominal discomfort, but has had three unformed stools in 8 hours.

Question 2

When the patient tells the home health nurse that he has begun to take psyllium (Metamucil), the nurse cautions him that to avoid fecal impaction with this drug, he should:

a. eat several servings of fresh fruit and vegetables a day.
b. avoid citrus fruit juices.
c. reduce intake of carbonated drinks.
d. increase his fluid intake to 3000 ml a day.