The nurse checks in on her patient, Mrs. Luluk, who has not had a bowel movement in 3 days. Through conversation, the nurse learns that Mrs. Luluk's decreased activity and difficulty eating vegetables due to her injuries have likely contributed to her constipation. The nurse examines Mrs. Luluk and determines she needs immediate relief. She will consult the doctor about prescribing a laxative medication to be inserted rectally, as well as physio to increase Mrs. Luluk's activity. A nutritionist is brought in to advise Mrs. Luluk on high-fiber foods that can help.
The nurse checks in on her patient, Mrs. Luluk, who has not had a bowel movement in 3 days. Through conversation, the nurse learns that Mrs. Luluk's decreased activity and difficulty eating vegetables due to her injuries have likely contributed to her constipation. The nurse examines Mrs. Luluk and determines she needs immediate relief. She will consult the doctor about prescribing a laxative medication to be inserted rectally, as well as physio to increase Mrs. Luluk's activity. A nutritionist is brought in to advise Mrs. Luluk on high-fiber foods that can help.
The nurse checks in on her patient, Mrs. Luluk, who has not had a bowel movement in 3 days. Through conversation, the nurse learns that Mrs. Luluk's decreased activity and difficulty eating vegetables due to her injuries have likely contributed to her constipation. The nurse examines Mrs. Luluk and determines she needs immediate relief. She will consult the doctor about prescribing a laxative medication to be inserted rectally, as well as physio to increase Mrs. Luluk's activity. A nutritionist is brought in to advise Mrs. Luluk on high-fiber foods that can help.
The nurse checks in on her patient, Mrs. Luluk, who has not had a bowel movement in 3 days. Through conversation, the nurse learns that Mrs. Luluk's decreased activity and difficulty eating vegetables due to her injuries have likely contributed to her constipation. The nurse examines Mrs. Luluk and determines she needs immediate relief. She will consult the doctor about prescribing a laxative medication to be inserted rectally, as well as physio to increase Mrs. Luluk's activity. A nutritionist is brought in to advise Mrs. Luluk on high-fiber foods that can help.
Case Conversation • Nurse : Good morning mrs luluk • Mrs Luluk : Good morning nurse. • Nurse : How are you mrs.luluk? you look uncomfortable today. • Mrs Luluk : You are right nurse, I feel bad , really bad (unhealthy). • Nurse : What’s the problem? • Mrs Luluk : I haven’t bowels open properly for day. • Nurse : When did you last have your bowels open (defaecate)? • Mrs Luluk : Emmmm,,,maybe last Wednesday. • Nurse :So that’s 3 days ago. Is it true? • Mrs Luluk :Yes, nurse. I want to say earlier, but I was afraid to go to the toilet because my broken leg still hurts and can’t be moved.(fractured) • Nurse : How often do you usually bowels open? (defaecate) • Mrs Luluk : Every day without being missed. • Nurse : That might happen because you are not as active as before, but to have bowels open and pass water you can use a chamber pot. • Mrs Luluk : Yes right, I can’t do much with traction in the legs. • Mrs Luluk’s daughter : Sorry nurse, I am mrs.luluk’s daughter. • Nurse : Yes, can I help you? • Mrs Luluk’s daughter : Not with me. but, I want to ask about my mother’s condition. • Nurse : Yes, please. • Mrs Luluk’s daughter : What my mother can’t bowels open has to do with the food eaten? • Nurse : Yes it’s also another contributing factor, in addition to decreased activity due to broken legs. • Mrs Luluk’s daughter : My mother for few days is hard to eat vegetables. Is that also the reason? • Nurse : Yes, it can too. To make sure I will check your mother. • Mrs Luluk’s daughter : Yes, please. • Nurse : How do you feel now mrs luluk? • Mrs Luluk : I feel my stomach is full of wind (flatulence). Look at my stomach, this is very big. I can’t eat anything even though my daughter brings my favorite food. • Nurse : Yes, your stomach is a little distanded. Is this sick? (pressing on the stomach) • Mrs Luluk : Yes, there feels a little pain when pressed. • Nurse : How do you have bowels open before these three days? • Mrs Luluk : Just a little harder and I have to try hard to get it out. • Nurse : How about before being sick? • Mrs Luluk : Normal, soft and doesn’t need to push. I usually diarrhea after eating spicy food. so that I can bowels open even though I have tried eating spicy food here, but I can’t. • Nurse : What are you feel on your anus is pain or uncomfortable when you cleanse yourself? • Mrs Luluk : Without pain, but feel my anus full but can’t get out. • Nurse : What are you doing to remove it? • Mr Luluk : Yes, but still can’t get out. • Nurse : I will report to dr.mark. so that you can prescribe medication for immediate bowel movemets (laxative) and I will propose that dr.mark collaborate with physiotherapy to train you. So that your activity increases. • Mrs Luluk : Ok nurse, How is the form of bowels open medicine? • Nurse : The medicine is in the form of a soft capsule and will be inseted into the anus. • Mrs luluk’s husband :Sorry nurse, I am mrs luluk’s husband. • Nurse : Yes sir, any question? • Mrs luluk’s husband : Can’t you just take the medicine? • Nurse : You can’t, because your wife’s stool collected at the bottom. so it can’t be done with just a medication that functions at the top. • Mrs luluk’s husband :Doesn’t it hurt? • Nurse : No, doesn’t. instead the drug given through the anus will react faster. • Mrs luluk’s husband : Ok nurse, give it to my wife. • Nurse : Yes sir I will report to the dr.mark first. • Mrs luluk’s husband : Thank you nurse. So that my wife feels better. • Nurse : You are welcome sir, I will report it so mrs luluk can immediately bowels open. • Mrs Luluk : I am very grateful, because this is very uncomfortable. • Nurse : please to help you to have bowels open other than with medicine you can drink lots of water and eat high fiber foods. • Mrs Luluk : What are the foods high fiber other than vegetables? • Nurse : There are many hight fiber foods for more details I call our nutritionist. You can ask a lot about foods that are safe for you. Wait a minute I will call.(out of the patient’s room) • Mrs Luluk : Yes, nurse. • Nurse : Excuse me nutritionists, there is patient who want to consult about foods that are safe for her and can help bowels open. • Nutritionists : Yes nurse, which patient? • Nurse : please, I will deliver to her room. • Nutritionists : Ok thanks. • Nurse : Excuse me mrs luluk, she is our nutritionist. You can consult about foods. • Nutritionists : Nice to meet you mrs luluk. I am nutritionist in here. My nama miss tri. • Mrs Luluk : Nice to meet you too miss tri. My name mrs luluk • Nurse : Ok mrs luluk. I leave you with her, because I have to report your condition to dr.mark. .(out of the patient’s room)