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ss2343

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The nurse assesses constipation in the patient who passes:
 
  a. a firm stool without difficulty every 3 days.
  b. a hard stool without difficulty every 2 days.
  c. a soft brown stool with difficulty every 2 days.
  d. a hard dry stool with difficulty every 3 days.

Question 2

The nurse recognizes a need to make a focused bowel assessment when the 80-year-old resident complains of:
 
  a. the inability to have a bowel movement every day.
  b. feeling pressure and fullness in the rectum, but is unable to defecate.
  c. having had one loose stool after breakfast.
  d. ingestion and flatulence.



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tranoy

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B




ss2343

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Reply 2 on: Jul 11, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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