A Client Who Has Had a Colostomy Placed in the Ascending

question 16

Multiple Choice

A client who has had a colostomy placed in the ascending colon expresses concern that the effluent collected in the colostomy pouch has remained liquid for 2 weeks after surgery.Which is the nurse's best response?

• A) "This is normal for your type of colostomy."
• B) "I will let the health care provider know, so that it can be assessed."
• C) "You should add extra fiber to your diet to stop the diarrhea."
• D) "Your stool will become firmer over the next few weeks."

Identify examples of convergent evolution and understand its significance in evolutionary biology.

Use phylogenetic trees to infer evolutionary relationships and to interpret evolutionary events such as homoplasy.

Explain the concept and application of molecular clocks in dating evolutionary divergences.

Understand the structure of taxonomic classifications from species to phyla.

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