Ostomy care practice questions and
answers already passed
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 colostomy.
Thinking back to the patient in Question 1, what type of stool would you expect the stoma to be
excreting?
A. Liquid stool
B. Lose to partly formed stool
C. Similar to normal stool
D. Semi-solid stool ✔✔The answer is A. Stool from an ascending colostomy will be liquid. Stool
from a Transverse Colostomy: lose to partly formed stool, Descending/Sigmoid: similar to
normal solid consistency. An ileostomy will always excrete liquid stool.
, True or False: An ileostomy is a surgical opening created to bring the large intestine to the
surface of the abdomen.
True
False ✔✔The answer is FALSE. An ileostomy is a surgical opening created to bring the SMALL
(not large) intestine to the surface of the abdomen.
Describe, in order, how food travels from the stomach to the rectum:
A. It exits the stomach into: the cecum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the duodenum,
descending colon, transverse colon, ascending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
B. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the ileum to the jejunum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, sigmoid colon, descending colon, transverse colon, and rectum.
C. It exits the stomach into: the ileum to the jejunum to the duodenum, then into the cecum,
sigmoid colon, transverse colon, descending colon, ascending colon, and rectum.
D. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. ✔✔D. It exits
the stomach into: the duodenum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the cecum, ascending
colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
answers already passed
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 colostomy.
Thinking back to the patient in Question 1, what type of stool would you expect the stoma to be
excreting?
A. Liquid stool
B. Lose to partly formed stool
C. Similar to normal stool
D. Semi-solid stool ✔✔The answer is A. Stool from an ascending colostomy will be liquid. Stool
from a Transverse Colostomy: lose to partly formed stool, Descending/Sigmoid: similar to
normal solid consistency. An ileostomy will always excrete liquid stool.
, True or False: An ileostomy is a surgical opening created to bring the large intestine to the
surface of the abdomen.
True
False ✔✔The answer is FALSE. An ileostomy is a surgical opening created to bring the SMALL
(not large) intestine to the surface of the abdomen.
Describe, in order, how food travels from the stomach to the rectum:
A. It exits the stomach into: the cecum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the duodenum,
descending colon, transverse colon, ascending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
B. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the ileum to the jejunum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, sigmoid colon, descending colon, transverse colon, and rectum.
C. It exits the stomach into: the ileum to the jejunum to the duodenum, then into the cecum,
sigmoid colon, transverse colon, descending colon, ascending colon, and rectum.
D. It exits the stomach into: the duodenum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the cecum,
ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. ✔✔D. It exits
the stomach into: the duodenum to the jejunum to the ileum, then into the cecum, ascending
colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum.
