GI Nursing

A medical term referring to the Inflammation of the GI tract, usually the stomach and the intestines

• Gastroenteritis

• Colic

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

Severe, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by intestinal gas or obstruction in the intestines

• Gastroenteritis

• Colic

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

Occurs when strange objects are unsuccessful in getting out of the intestinal tract.

• Resection and Anastomosis

• Colic

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

Describes a condition in which one segment of the intestine telescopes into an adjacent part of the intestines

• Resection and Anastomosis

• Colic

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

A condition in which waste is remaining in the colon causing the colon to become abnormally enlarged

• Resection and Anastomosis

• Megacolon

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

Removing a part of the intestines and reconnecting the remaining ends

• Resection and Anastomosis

• Megacolon

• Foreign Body

• Intussusception

All of these BUT ___________ cause vomiting

• Foreign Body

• Gastroenteritis

• Intussusception

• Colic

Requires manually removing feces from the patient

• Foreign Body

• Megacolon

• Intussusception

• Colic