A 72-Year-Old Male Is Scheduled for a Total Colectomy with Ileostomy

question 19

Multiple Choice

A 72-year-old male is scheduled for a total colectomy with ileostomy in the morning.The wound ostomy care nurse (WOCN) has consulted the patient to initiate his ostomy teaching,answer his questions,and mark the site on his abdomen that would be the ideal placement for the ileostomy.An appropriate nursing diagnosis for the patient at this time would be:

• A) ineffective self-health management.
• B) deficient diversional activity.
• C) disturbed body image related to intestinal diversion.
• D) impaired social interaction.

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