OSTOMY CARE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A
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 the following should the nurse recommend? ✔✔A: Consume foods that are low in
fiber content.
Rationale: Foods low in fiber help thicken the stool; examples include rice, noodles, white bread,
cream cheese, lean meats, fish, and poultry.
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a patient who has colon cancer. The surgeon
informed the patient his entire large intestine and rectum will be removed. The nurse should
explain the type of ostomy he will have is ✔✔A: A ileostomy
R: After removing the entire large intestine and the rectum, the surgeon will create an ileostomy
to divert feces from the small intestine to the abdominal surface and into an ostomy pouch.
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for an older patient who has diverticulitis and is
scheduled for a creating for a double barrel colostomy in the sigmoid colon. Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? ✔✔A: Tape a dry gauze pad
over the distal stoma to collect drainage.
ANSWERS RATED A
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 the following should the nurse recommend? ✔✔A: Consume foods that are low in
fiber content.
Rationale: Foods low in fiber help thicken the stool; examples include rice, noodles, white bread,
cream cheese, lean meats, fish, and poultry.
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for a patient who has colon cancer. The surgeon
informed the patient his entire large intestine and rectum will be removed. The nurse should
explain the type of ostomy he will have is ✔✔A: A ileostomy
R: After removing the entire large intestine and the rectum, the surgeon will create an ileostomy
to divert feces from the small intestine to the abdominal surface and into an ostomy pouch.
A nurse is providing preoperative teaching for an older patient who has diverticulitis and is
scheduled for a creating for a double barrel colostomy in the sigmoid colon. Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? ✔✔A: Tape a dry gauze pad
over the distal stoma to collect drainage.
