Rectal suppository( NURSING FOUNDATION)

RECTAL SUPPOSITORIES(BSC NURSING FIRST YEAR ) , NURSING FOUNDATION

1. RECTAL SUPPOSITORY

2. DEFINITION- SUPPOSITORIES ARE SOLID , CONE SHAPED MASSES THAT MELT AT BODY TEPRATURE . THESE MAY BE GLYCERIN SUPPOSITORY OR DULCOLEX SUPPOSITORY

3. PURPOSE- TO PRODUCE A BOWEL ACTION . TO SOFTEN THE FAECES . TO RELIEVE PAIN . TO SOOTHE THE BOWEL . TO STIMULATE SECRETION.

4. EQUIPMENTS- SCREEN A TRAY CONTAINING – 1- SUPPOSITORY 2- FINGER COT 3- SMALL CONTAINER WITH WATER OR OIL 4- A COVERED CONTAINER WITH COTTON SWABS 5- A PAPER BAG AND KIDNEY TRAY 6- MAKINTOSH AND DRAW SHEET

5. PROCEDURE- EXPLAIN THE PROCEDURE TO THE PATIENT . CARRY TRAY TO BEDSIDE AND PROVIDE PRIVACY. FAN FOLD BLANKET TO THE FOOT END OF THE BED. PUT THE PATIENT IN LEFT LATERAL POSITION. PLACE THE MACKINTOSH AND DRAW SHEET UNDER THE PATIENT.

6. CONTINUE…. EXPOSE THE PART. PUT ON FINGER COT. SEPARATES THE BUTTOCKS WITH THUMB AND FORE FINGER . USE COTTON SWABS WHILE SEPERATING THE BUTTOCKS TO PROTECT FINGERS FROM CONTAIMINATION. INSERT THE TAPERED END OF THE SUPPOSITORY INTO THE ANAL CANAL AND PUSH IT UPWARD SWEEP BEYOND THE INTERNAL SPHICTER.

7. CONTINUE… TO RETAIN THE SUPPOSITORY . ENCOURAGE THE PATIENT TO TAKE DEEP BREATHING AND APPLY THE PRESSURE OVER THE ANUS BY HOLDING THE TWO BUTTOCKS TOGETHER. RECORD AND REPORT , THE EFFECT OF THE TREATMENT.

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