Question

A client has a new colostomy. The nurse has provided teaching related to when the client should irrigate the colostomy. Which client statement indicates correct understanding of the teaching?
a."After it gets done healing in a few weeks, I will begin irrigating it just before going to bed each day."
b."It will need to be irrigated each morning before I can eat any food."
c."I plan to irrigate it in the late morning, the same time I had a bowel movement every day before I had my surgery."
d."I can wait to start irrigating it until after I have gotten used to this bag and change in lifestyle."

Answer 1

Answer:

C. I plan to irrigate it in the late morning, the same time I had a bowel movement every day before I had my surgery."

Answer 2

Answer:

C. "I plan to irrigate it in the late morning, the same time I had a bowel movement every day before I had my surgery."

Explanation:

A colostomy can be described or explained as a surgical procedure which involves the bringing of one end of the large intestine out through the abdominal wall.

This surgery involves the process of creating a stoma. A stoma is known to be

an opening created in the skin where a pouch for collecting feces is attached.

In this case, the nurse believed that the client understood the teaching when he knew that he will need to irrigate, i.e wash out with continuous water, the same time he had a bowel movement.