The nurse is caring for a patient 1-day postoperative after a transverse colostomy. When assessing the stoma, which finding requires the nurse's immediate action?
a. A wet, glistening stoma
b. A stoma with scant marginal bleeding
c. An edematous stoma
d. A purplish-red stoma
Question 2The nurse explains which advantage benefits patients with a Kock pouch ileostomy?
a. The patient can expel feces from the rec-tum in the normal fashion.
b. The patient does not have to wear a col-lection device.
c. The patient only has to evacuate the pouch once a day.
d. The patient can have the pouch reanasto-mosed to the colon at a later time.
Question 3The nurse caring for the patient who is immediately postoperative with a new ileostomy. Which intervention is most important for the nurse to implement at this time?
a. Change the ostomy pouch frequently.
b. Provide emotional support.
c. Administer a stool softener.
d. Offer the patient frequent snacks.
Question 4The nurse explains to the patient receiving bevacizumab (Avastin) for a tumor in the colon that the drug slows cancer cell growth by which process?
a. Changing the pH of the cell environment
b. Reducing blood flow to the tumor
c. Overhydrating cells of the tumor, causing them to burst
d. Interfering with DNA of tumor cells
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