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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 col...

A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for an older adult patient who has diverticulitis and is scheduled for a creation of a double-barrel colostomy in the sigmoid colon. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? Tape a dry gauze pad over the distal stoma to...

What is an ostomy? An opening or outlet through the abdominal wall that is created surgically for the purpose of eliminating waste What is the opening of an ostomy called? Stoma How many Americans have an ostomy? Over 700,000 Why would one need need an ileostomy? Results fro...

A nurse is replacing the ostomy appliance for a patient whose newly created colostomy is functioning. After removing the pouch, which of the following should the nurse do first? A. Measure the stoma. B. Cover the stoma with gauze. C. Remove the backing on the skin barrier. D. Cleanse the stoma...

A nurse is replacing the ostomy appliance for a patient whose newly created colostomy is functioning. After removing the pouch, which of the following should the nurse do first? A. Measure the stroma B. Cover the stroma with gauze C. Remove the backing on the skin barrier D. Cleanse the stoma ...

A nurse is obtaining health history from a young adult patient who has a colostomy. The patient reports frequent episodes of loose stools over the last month, but has no signs of infection or bowel obstruction. He reports that his concerns about leakage have limited his social activities. Which of t...

The patient who is NPO for several days is at risk for atrophy of which of the following structures in the mucosal surface of the small bowel? Select one: a. Ligament of Treitz. b. Villi. c. Ampulla of Vater. d. Sphincter of Oddi. b. Villi. A bowel prep preoperatively for ostomy surge...

jejunostomy location LUQ *frequently not marked by the WOC nurse jejunostomy disease and procedure ischemic bowel, crohn's, trauma, necrotizing enterocolitis diversion of small bowel at jejunum, with or without colectomy, with or without small bowel resection, loop or end stoma ...