The nurse is assessing the stool consistency of a client with an ascending colostomy. Which of the following would the nurse expect to find?
A) Liquid
B) Semiliquid
C) Soft
D) Formed
B
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The consistency of fecal material ranges from semiliquid to formed depending on the area from which the colostomy is formed. With an ascending colostomy, stool would be semiliquid. An ileostomy would produce liquid stool; a transverse colostomy would produce soft stool; a sigmoid colostomy would produce formed stool.
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