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NURS 3105 FPCC - Ch 46 (Bowel Elimination) Review Questions with Correct Answers 100% Pass During the nursing assessment a patient reveals that he has diarrhea and cramping every time he has ice cream. He attributes this to the cold nature of the food. However, the nurse begins to suspect that...

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NURS 3105 FPCC - Ch 46 (Bowel
Elimination) Review Questions with
Correct Answers 100% Pass

During the nursing assessment a patient reveals that he has diarrhea and cramping

every time he has ice cream. He attributes this to the cold nature of the food. However,

the nurse begins to suspect that these symptoms are associated with:


A.) Food allergy.


B.) Irritable bowel.


C.) Lactose intolerance.


D.) Increased peristalsis. - ANSWER✔✔-C




REASON: This patient possibly lacks the enzyme needed to digest milk sugar lactase

and therefore is potentially lactose intolerant.


When assessing a 55-year-old patient who is in the clinic for a routine physical, the

nurse instructs the patient about the need to obtain a stool specimen for guaiac fecal

occult blood testing (gFOBT):

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, A.) If patient reports rectal bleeding.


B.) When there is a family history of polyps.


C.) As part of a routine examination for colon cancer.


D.) If a palpable mass is detected on digital examination. - ANSWER✔✔-C




REASON: This is used as a diagnostic screening tool for colon cancer as recommended

by the American Cancer Society.


Which of the following medications listed in a patient's medication history possibly

causes gastrointestinal bleeding? (Select all that apply.)


A.) Aspirin


B.) Cathartics


C.) Antidiarrheal opiate agents


D.)Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) - ANSWER✔✔-A, D




REASON: Side effects of aspirin and NSAIDs include rectal bleeding.


Nurses discourage patients from straining on defecation primarily because it causes:

(Select all that apply.)


A.) Pain.
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