A patient is receiving discharge instructions and shares with the nurse that he intends to do a lot of traveling. What instruction should the nurse include?
a. "Pack plenty of extra colostomy supplies in your checked airline luggage. Some places you might visit do not always carry the supplies you will need."
b. "Exercise caution with new foods, espe-cially local fruits and vegetables because they may cause diarrhea or gas."
c. "If visiting somewhere where drinking local water is not advised, irrigating the colostomy with the local water is still okay."
d. "Repeat back to me what we just talked about so that you will remember every-thing you have been taught."
B
Warning about foods in a different country is appropriate. Supplies should be placed in a car-ry-on bag for quick access or in the case of lost luggage. Water that is not safe to drink is not ap-propriate as irrigation fluid.
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