NUR 2356 Exam Q & A Multidimensional Care I MDC 1 - Rasmussen
What is a state of physical well-being, pleasure, and absence of pain or stress?✓ Comfort
The most common sources of decreased comfort are?✓ Pain and emotional stress
What is the excretion of waste from the body by the gastrointestinal (GI) tract (as feces) and by the urinary system?✓ Elimination
Adults desire voluntary control of both bowel and urinary elimination, a normal condition is called?✓ Continence
What is an inability to expel stool or excrete urine completely?✓ Retention 1 / 2
What is the lack of bowel or bladder control?✓ Incontinence
What is a condition called when stool can be watery and without solid form?✓ Diarrhea
What is a condition called when stool can be hard, dry, and difficult to pass through the rectum?✓ Constipation
Intervention to include in preventing constipation ✓ Diet high in fiber, and drinking 8 to 12 glasses of water each day.
The regulation of body fluid, fluid osmolality, & electrolytes by processes such a filtration, diffusion, & osmosis is?✓ Fluid & electrolyte balance
Process of oxygen transport to the cells & carbon dioxide transport away from the cells through ventilation & diffusion?✓ Gas exchange
The protection from illness or disease that is maintained by the body's physiologic defense mechanism is?✓ Immunity
The ability of an individual to perform purposeful physical movement of the body is?✓ Mobility
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