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OSTOMY CARE PRACTICE/14 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (A+)
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OSTOMY CARE PRACTICE/14QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
(A+)
On assessment of a patient with a colostomy, you
note the stoma is located on the right area of the
abdomen. Due to its location, this is known as
what type of colostomy?
A. Descending Colostomy
B. Transverse
C. Ileostomy
D. Ascending Colostomy - =The answer is D. This
is known as an ascending colostomy.
-Thinking back to the patient in Question 1, what
type of stool would you expect the stoma to be
excreting?
A. Liquid stool
B. Lose to partly formed stool
C. Similar to normal stool
D. Semi-solid stool - =The answer is A. Stool from
an ascending colostomy will be liquid. Stool from a
Transverse Colostomy: lose to partly formed stool,
Descending/Sigmoid: similar to normal solid
consistency. An ileostomy will always excrete
liquid stool.
, -True or False: An ileostomy is a surgical opening
created to bring the large intestine to the surface
of the abdomen.
True
False - =The answer is FALSE. An ileostomy is a
surgical opening created to bring the SMALL (not
large) intestine to the surface of the abdomen.
-Describe, in order, how food travels from the
stomach to the rectum:
A. It exits the stomach into: the cecum to the
jejunum to the ileum, then into the duodenum,
descending colon, transverse colon, ascending
colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
B. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the
ileum to the jejunum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, sigmoid colon, descending
colon, transverse colon, and rectum.
C. It exits the stomach into: the ileum to the
jejunum to the duodenum, then into the cecum,
sigmoid colon, transverse colon, descending
colon, ascending colon, and rectum.
D. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the
jejunum to the ileum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, transverse colon, descending
colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. - =D. It exits the
stomach into: the duodenum to the jejunum to the
ileum, then into the cecum, ascending colon,
transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid
colon, and rectum.
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