You are caring for a patient who is to have a barium enema. The patient recelved a clear liquid diet and a laxative the evening before the test. On the morning of the test she indicates that the laxative had caused her to lave diarrhea during the night and she refuses to have the scheduled cleansing enemas before the test stating “With all that diarrhea I must be clean enought. Based on your knowledge of intestinal physiology und the action of laxatives, how would you explain to the patient what has happened and why?
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