Author Question: The nurse assesses constipation in the patient who passes: a. a firm stool without difficulty ... (Read 55 times)

ss2343 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

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.