Bowel Elimination

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1. Promotion of normal defecation -sitting position

-privacy
-positioning on bedpan
-safety
-standard precautions
2. proper position on a bedpan

3. improper position on a bedpan

4. 30-60 degrees; lying down Once a patient is properly positioned on a bedpan, HOB should be raised to _______________ degrees.
The patient should NOT be _________________.
5. False (every patient needs their True or False: Not every patient needs their own bedpan
own bedpan)
6. regular and fracture types of bedpans
7. Regular bedpan

Made of metal or hard plastic, has a curved upper end and a sharp-edged lower end and is about
2 inches deep
8. Fracture bedpan

A curved, smooth upper end and a tapered lower end used for patients unable to lift their hips.