Question

A client who has undergone a colostomy several days ago is reluctant to leave the hospital and has not yet looked at the ostomy site. Which measures will most likely promote coping?

Answer 1

Call for the ostomy nurse to teach them how to change their appliance, and let them see their new stoma. Set them up with an appointment with an ostomy nurse that soon, so they can get scripts for supplies, and resolve any post-op ostomy product or leakage problems later on, since the products they are given inpatient may not be the right one for them once the swelling goes down. Let the nurse explain things, they may step out to gather supplies that are more appropriate for the patient to take home. Once the nurse is done educating, the patient will be ready for discharge.

Answer 2

The question is incomplete. The complete question is as follows:

A client who has undergone a colostomy several days ago is reluctant to leave the hospital and has not yet looked at the ostomy site. Which measures are most likely to promote coping? Select all that apply.

a.Remind the client frequently that he will be responsible for caring for the colostomy at home

b.Ask a member of the local ostomy club to visit with the client before discharge

c.Ask the enterostomal nurse specialist to consult with the client before discharge

d.Remind the client frequently that infection is a major complication of a colostomy

e.Ask the client to begin doing one part of the ostomy care and increase tasks daily

Answer:

Colostomy may be defined as the surgical procedure in which the large whole is created in the large intestine. This provides the alternative means to throw feces out of the body.

The medical assistant must cope positively with the patient. The attendant must visit the client before the discharge of the patient. The proper medicine and prevention from infection must be instructed to the patient. The enterostomal nurse must visit the patient.