 Each participant in the study will be educated to report to the nurse or self report on the bed side bowel report sheet the exact time to the hour that flatus is passed and the first bowel movement. The nursing staff on 3-1 will be instructed and monitored about documentation of gum chewing, first flatus to the nearest hour, and first bowel movement to the nearest hour. The data collection form will be completed. The length of the patients stay will be generated on discharge. 