Which individual can help the client prepare for the adjustment to life with a fecal diversion?
a. client's personal physician
b. skin care nurse
c. wound, ostomy and continence nurse
d. fecal diversion nurse
C
Preparing the client to adjust to life with a fecal diversion cannot be stressed enough. A Wound, Ostomy and Continence nurse (WOC), previously known as Enterostomal Therapy nurses (ET), should visit the client prior to surgery to prepare the client and answer any of her initial questions. Postoperatively, the WOC can assist with ostomy teaching and care.
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