Case Studies Miss Betty Bell Is a New Resident to Lake Nursing

Case Studies
Miss Betty Bell is a new resident to Lake Nursing Home.She has a history of osteoporosis, depression, and memory loss.She tells her admitting nurse that she has not had a bowel movement since 1967.Her nurse questions her further to determine that she has had irregular bowel movements for the past 40 plus years.
-Miss Bell is ordered a high-fiber, mechanical soft diet.Which food would not be on her dinner tray?

A) Apple juice
B) Ground meat
C) Grapes
D) Bran muffin
Rogelio Martinez is a healthy 79-year-old, retired factory worker.His past medical history includes arthritis and irregular bowel movements.His wife urges him to go to the emergency department of the local hospital after 3 episodes of blood in his stool.