title: Inpatient bowel preparation order set: a means to enhance patient completion of bowel preparation medication.
abstract: Adequate bowel preparation is necessary for several diagnostic and surgical procedures. Inpatients appeared to be less adequately prepared than outpatients at the author's 100-bed hospital. A problem frequently encountered was incomplete administration of the ordered bowel preparation. Surgeons, gastroenterologists, and nurses from the endoscopy laboratory and medical-surgical floor were consulted for development of an order set to enhance completion of bowel preparation for inpatients.
authors.affiliation: North Dakota State University, 136 Sudro Hall, P.O. Box 5055, Fargo, ND 58105-5055, USA. Beverly.Greenwald@ndsu.nodak.edu
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greenwald
mesh_terms: D002400:Cathartics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007410:Intestinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing
chemical_list: D002400:Cathartics