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Visit Planning
Diagnosis:
Understand the underlying diagnosis that resulted in an ostomy (e.g., ulcerative
colitis, colorectal cancer, diverticulitis, etc.) in order to direct your clinical
teaching.
Surgery:
The type of surgery and type of diversion – is the ostomy temporary or
permanent and is further surgery planned? For bowel ostomies knowing what
part of the bowel the stoma is constructed from: end or loop, transverse colon,
sigmoid colon, terminal ileum or high volume output loop ileostomy will help to
direct your interventions and patient teaching.
Anatomy and Physiology
GI and GU Review
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