About
Combination of chronic and recurrent constipation, nausea, diarrhea, and/ or bloating.
Assess
Thorough bowel assessment, including history, bowel elimination habits, dietary history, food intolerances.
Complications
Depression, ineffective coping- refer to support services in area, encourage client to notify health care physician if changes or difficulty managing symptoms.
Diagnosis
Pain r/t spasms in gastrointestinal tract
Constipation r/t stress, causative factors
Goals
- Client will have normal bowel elimination.
- Client will state a decrease in pain using 1-10 pain scale.
Interventions
- Monitor stool consistency, quantity, color.
- Encourage client to increase dietary fiber, allow client to choose foods that are high in fiber.
- Encourage relaxation techniques and stress reduction techniques.
- Administer medications as ordered ( anticholinergics, laxatives, 5-HT4 ( Zelnorm), antispasmodics, etc.).
- Teach client to keep a food diary to help identify causative agents that precipitate events.
- Monitor for signs/ symptoms of complications.
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