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| Swelling caused by too much fluid in the tissues |
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| Order for nothing by mouth |
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| Resident urinates in specimen cup or bedpan |
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| Clean perineal area and catch urine midstream |
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| Save residents urine for 24 hours |
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| Mucus coughed up from lungs that is collected for lab testing |
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| Medication that loosens waste |
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| Introduces fluid to into the rectum to losses waste |
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| Feeding tube inserted through nose and into stomach |
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| Feeding tube that is inserted through incision into the stomach |
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| Tube inserted into bladder to drain urine |
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| Tube inserted into rectum to relieve flatus |
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Aka Foley catheter
Remains in bladder to drain urine continuously into a drainage bag |
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| Surgical procedure that provides an alternate route to eliminate waste |
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