How Do Nurses Manage Common GI Motility Disorders?
Management of GI motility disorders often involves a combination of interventions:
Constipation: Increasing dietary fiber, ensuring adequate hydration, encouraging physical activity, and using stool softeners or laxatives as needed. Diarrhea: Identifying and eliminating the underlying cause, maintaining hydration, and using antidiarrheal medications when appropriate. GERD: Advising dietary changes, elevating the head of the bed, and using medications such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). IBS: Implementing stress management techniques, dietary adjustments, and pharmacological treatments tailored to the specific symptoms.
