A nurse is documenting the appearance of feces from a patient with a permanent ileostomy. Which of the following would she document?
A) "Ileostomy bag half filled with liquid feces."
B) "Ileostomy bag half filled with hard, formed feces."
C) "Colostomy bag intact without feces."
D) "Colostomy bag filled with flatus and feces."
A
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a. an ecomap. b. a gendergram. c. family time lines. d. a genogram.