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Timby Ch. 48 Caring for Clients With
Ostomies. Exam Questions And Answers
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Ostomy - Answer✔An opening between an internal body structure and the skin
Ileostomy - Answer✔The most common intestinal ostomy, an opening from the distal small
intestine
Colostomy - Answer✔An opening from the colon
Stoma - Answer✔An opening on the exterior abdominal surface that fecal material exits through
Total colectomy - Answer✔Removal of the entire colon and rectum
Appliance - Answer✔The collection device worn over a stoma. Consists of one piece or two
piece devices with a pouch for collecting fever and a faceplate, or disk, which is attached to the
abdomen with an opening through which the stoma protrudes.
Ostomate - Answer✔Client with an ostomy
Karaya gum - Answer✔Commonly used in place of an adhesive. It protects the skin and
promotes adhesion of the ostomy appliance.
Conventional ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma in the lower abdomen where there's liquid feces and
you never have control over feces.
Continent ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the lower abdomen with liquid feces and you only
have fecal control by siphoning
Ascending ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the middle right abdomen where feces are
semiliquid and you never have control over feces
Transverse colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the center of the abdomen below the belt line
where feces are semiliquid and you never have control over feces.
Descending colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the middle left abdomen where there's soft feces
and you sometimes have fecal control
Sigmoid colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the lower left abdomen where there's formed feces
and you usually have control over feces
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Timby Ch. 48 Caring for Clients With
Ostomies. Exam Questions And Answers
(Guaranteed A+)
Ostomy - Answer✔An opening between an internal body structure and the skin
Ileostomy - Answer✔The most common intestinal ostomy, an opening from the distal small
intestine
Colostomy - Answer✔An opening from the colon
Stoma - Answer✔An opening on the exterior abdominal surface that fecal material exits through
Total colectomy - Answer✔Removal of the entire colon and rectum
Appliance - Answer✔The collection device worn over a stoma. Consists of one piece or two
piece devices with a pouch for collecting fever and a faceplate, or disk, which is attached to the
abdomen with an opening through which the stoma protrudes.
Ostomate - Answer✔Client with an ostomy
Karaya gum - Answer✔Commonly used in place of an adhesive. It protects the skin and
promotes adhesion of the ostomy appliance.
Conventional ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma in the lower abdomen where there's liquid feces and
you never have control over feces.
Continent ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the lower abdomen with liquid feces and you only
have fecal control by siphoning
Ascending ileostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the middle right abdomen where feces are
semiliquid and you never have control over feces
Transverse colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the center of the abdomen below the belt line
where feces are semiliquid and you never have control over feces.
Descending colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the middle left abdomen where there's soft feces
and you sometimes have fecal control
Sigmoid colostomy - Answer✔Stoma is in the lower left abdomen where there's formed feces
and you usually have control over feces
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