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A Patient Who Has Had a Total Proctocolectomy and Permanent

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A patient who has had a total proctocolectomy and permanent ileostomy tells the nurse, "I cannot bear to even look at the stoma. I do not think I can manage all these changes." Which is the best action by the nurse?


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Difference

What remains after one quantity is taken away from another.

Expression

In mathematics, an expression is a combination of symbols that represent a value or the relationship between values.

X

Often used to denote an independent variable or an unknown value in equations and functions.

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An algebraic expression consisting of terms in the form of ax^n where a is the coefficient, x is the variable, and n is a non-negative integer.

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