The Patient Is Admitted with Constipation

question 32

Multiple Choice

The patient is admitted with constipation.In anticipation of treatment,the nurse prepares to:

• A) give medications that will suppress the autonomic nervous system.
• B) provide therapies that will innervate the autonomic nervous system.
• C) teach the patient that the submucosa is the innermost part of the gut wall.
• D) give medications intravenously because the submucosa has no blood vessels.

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Definitions:

Contradictory Class Location

A term in sociology that describes individuals or groups whose class position shares characteristics of both the capitalist and working classes.

Petite Bourgeoisie

Refers to the lower middle class, historically defined as small business owners and workers who aspire to be part of the bourgeoisie, or middle class.

Bourgeoisie

The class of modern capitalists who own the means of production and employ wage labor, as distinguished from the proletariat in Marxist theory.

Proletariat

The class of wage earners, especially those who earn their living by manual labor or who are dependent for support on daily or casual employment; the working class.