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The ins and outs of ostomy management 32 Nursing made Incredibly Easy! September/October 2013 www.NursingMadeIncrediblyEasy.com Copyright © 2013 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. Take away the confusion about types of ostomies and patient education with case studies on colostomy, ileostomy, and urostomy. 2.3 ANCC By Donna Scemons, PhD, FNP-BC, CNS, CWOCN CONTACT HOURS • • President and Family Nurse Practitioner Healthcare Systems, Inc. Castaic, Calif. Assistant Professor and Coordinator of Family Nurse Practitioner Program California State University Los Angeles, Calif. Ostomy, stoma, colostomy, ileostomy, uros- A fecal occult blood test was positive at tomy, or ileal conduit? Even if these terms her annual physical exam 2 weeks ago. are clear to you, they’re confusing for many Diagnostic testing revealed a lesion in the patients and family members. In this article, sigmoid colon. Her surgeon suspects she we’ll walk through three patient examples has colon cancer. of colostomy, ileostomy, and urostomy— Other diseases or conditions that may surgical procedures involving diversion of lead to a colostomy are Crohn disease, either fecal matter or urine through a stoma intestinal obstruction, perforated diverticu- located in the abdominal wall—to help you la or abscess, intestinal or rectal
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Published: Sep 1, 2013
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