A nurse educator explains to staff nurses that diarrhea can quickly become lifethreatening in elderly patients because

A nurse notices that the patient's stool is light, claycolored. The nurse suspects the patient

An adult patient has orders for an enema. A nurse will

During an admission physical assessment, a nurse questions a patient about their bowel

elimination pattern. The nurse may say, "Can you tell me your bowel regimen? Do you have a regular, bowel movement every day? What is the approximate time that you have a bowel

movement?" The nurse's goal is

A nurse is digitally removing stool that is impacted from a patient. The nurse should stop the procedure immediately and take corrective action if the patient's:

A doctor orders a test to find "hidden blood" from the patient's stool sample. A nurse identifies that this type of test is used to detect the presence of

Your patient is supposed to get a tap water enema. What medical diagnosis would NOT qualify him for this procedure?

A male patient has told a nurse that he occasionally fights constipation. Teaching the patient how to prevent constipation and promote normal elimination, the nurse instructs him to

Your patient complains of excessive flatus. When reviewing the patient's dietary intake, which food, if eaten regularly, would you identify as possibly responsible?

The nurse knows that the best way to clean around a colostomy stoma is to use the following

A patient's admission assessment includes pertinent information about bowel elimination.

Which subjective information collected by the nurse will be documented?