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bowel continence

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bowel continence,
a nursing outcome from the Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) defined as control of passage of stool from the bowel. See also Nursing Outcomes Classification.


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Although rehabilitation cannot reverse brain damage, rehabilitation helps stroke survivors relearn skills such as speech, motor control and urinary or bowel continence.
1-5) Physicians do not routinely include questions regarding bowel continence in their interviews of patients, and patients do not readily report this condition to their physicians.
bowel continence, chemical restraints, skin integrity, and restraint use, all of which are tied to specific responses to the computerized resident assessment.
 
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