WEB WOC OSTOMY CARE EXAM PREP TEST BANK VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

WEB WOC OSTOMY CARE EXAM PREP
TEST BANK VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

●● What are some possible reasons for bowel diversion?
Answer: Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, cancerous tumors, infarcted
areas of the bowel, and traumatic abdominal injury.


●● What is an ostomy?
Answer: A surgically created opening into the abdominal wall that
serves as an exit site from the bowel or ureter.


●● What is an ileostomy?
Answer: A surgically created opening from the small intestines to the
abdominal wall allowing the passage of feces.


●● What is a colostomy?
Answer: A surgically created opening from the large intestines to the
abdominal wall allowing for the passage of feces.


●● How can ostomies be classified?
Answer: Ostomies can be temporary or permanent.

, ●● Where is a temporary ostomy generally located?
Answer: Typically at the transverse colon.


●● Where is a permanent ostomy usually located?
Answer: Usually at the descending colon or sigmoid colon.


●● What is a stoma?
Answer: The portion of the bowel or ureter that is surgically opened and
brought out through the abdominal wall.


●● What does a healthy stoma look like?
Answer: A healthy stoma is shiny, moist, and red.


●● What type of drainage is expected from an ileostomy?
Answer: Liquid feces.


●● What type of drainage is expected from a transverse colostomy?
Answer: Mushy stool.


●● What type of drainage is expected from a descending colon
colostomy?
Answer: Soft to solid stool.