ELIMINATION PATTERN

MADAM PUSHPA BSN, RN

 OBJECTIVES

• DEFINE ELIMINATION PATTERN.

• DISCUSS THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE COMMON ELIMINATION PATTERN.
• WHAT ARE THE COMMON FEACAL ELIMINATION PROBLEMS.
• DISCUSS THE NURSING INTERVENTION OF COMMON FEACAL ELIMINATION
PROBLEMS.
• DEFINE URINARY ELIMINATION PATTERN
• DISCUSS THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE URINARY ELIMINATION.
• WHAT ARE THE COMMON URINARY ELIMINATION PROBLEMS.
• DESCRIBE THE NURSING INTERVENTION OF URINARY ELIMINATION.
 ELIMINATION

• THE ACT OF REMOVING OR GETTING RID OF WASTE MATERIAL FROM THE BODY.
COMMON PROBLEMS OF ELIMINATION
NURSING INTERVENTION
 URINARY ELIMINATION

URINARY ELIMINATION is the last step in the removal and elimination of excess water and by
products of body metabolism.
• The elimination depends on the coordinated function of the kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra.
 COMMON PROBLEMS OF ELIMINATION
PATTERN
• URINARY RETENTION (INABILITY TO PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY EMPTY THE
BLADDER)
• URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS (THE RISK FOR A UTI INCREASES IN THE
PRESENCE OF AN INDWELLING CATHETER, ANY INSTRUMENTATION OF THE
URINARY TRACT, URINARY AND FECAL INCONTINENCE).
• URINARY INCONTINENCE ( COMPLAINT OF ANY INVOLUNTARY LOSS OF URINE)
OR INVOLUNTARY LEAKAGE OF URINE.
• URINARY DIVERSION ( CONSTRUCTED FROM A SECTION OF INTESTINE TO
CREATE A STORAGE RESORVOIR OR CONDUIT FOR URINE.
 NURSING MANAGEMENT

• BEFORE ADMINISTRATION PRESCRIBE ANTIBIOTICS, OBTAIN A URINAEY SPECOMEN FOR

CULTURE AND SENSITIVITY, IF PRESCRIBED TO IODENTIFY THE BACTERIAL GROWTH.
• ENCOURAGE THE CLIENT TO INCREASE FLUID UPTO 3000 ML PER DAY.
• ADMINISTER PRESCRIBED MEDICINE WHICH MAY INCLUDE ANALGESIC, ANTISEPTIC,
ANTISPASMODIC, ANTIBIOTIC.
• MAINTAIN AN ACID URINE PH 5.5.
• INSTRUCT THE CLIENT THE FOODS TO CONSUME TO MAINTAIN ACIDIC URINE PH.
• PROVIDE HEAT TO ABDOMEN OR SITS BATH FOR COMPLAINTS OF DISCOMFORT.
• USE STERILIZE TECHNIQUE WHEN INSERTING A URINARY CATHERTER.
• DISCOURAGE THE CAFFIENES PRODUCT SUCH AS COFFEE, TEA , COLA.
 REFERENCE

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