Nurse Teaching on Benefiber and Mechanism of Action

Patient was educated on Benefiber and its mechanism of action as follows: Benefiber when taken, is not digested in the stomach and is passed into the intestines. In the intestines, Benefiber absorbs water and swells to form bulky stool. More fluid in the stool makes the stool soft. The soft and bulky stool formed in the intestines will induce stimulation of the intestines to move and help to mobilize the contents of the intestines at [...]