Description of stool in enterally-fed patients

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Title Description of stool in enterally-fed patients
Publication Type thesis
School or College College of Nursing
Department Nursing
Author Merrow, Linde Rae
Date 1988-08
Description The purpose of this research was to clarify the concept of diarrhea in enterally-fed patients. Presently, the concept of diarrhea in enteral patients remains an ambiguous nursing concept; to most nurses, diarrhea is diarrhea is diarrhea. No clinically-useful criteria are available for nurses to assess and diagnose diarrhea in enteral patients. The development of criteria to define diarrhea will facilitate communication and precision of the nursing diagnosis. The stool parameters that were examined in this study included: stool weight, color, odor, consistency, and frequency. The major findings of the study were: (a) Stool descriptors for amount, consistency, and odor vary dramatically from nurse to nurse, and even with the same nurse. (b) Stool descriptors for amount, consistency, color, and odor are not consistently recorded on all stool samples unless specifically requested. (c) A variety of word labels is utilized by nurses in the clinical setting to describe stool samples.
Type Text
Publisher University of Utah
Subject Diarrhea - Diagnosis; Enteral feeding
Subject MESH Diarrhea; Enteral Nutrition; Feces; Nursing Assessment
Dissertation Institution University of Utah
Dissertation Name MS
Language eng
Relation is Version of Digital reproduction of "Description of stool in enterally-fed patients". Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library.
Rights Management © Linde Rae Merrow.
Format application/pdf
Format Medium application/pdf
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Source Original: University of Utah Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library (no longer available)
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6474cr3
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