When caring for a client who has had a colostomy created as part of a regimen to treat colon cancer, which activities would help to support the client in accepting changes in appearance or function? Select all that apply.
A. Explain to the client that the colostomy is only temporary.
B. Encourage the client to participate in changing the ostomy.
C. Obtain a psychiatric consultation.
D. Offer to have a person who is coping with a colostomy visit.
E. Encourage the client and family members to express their feelings and concerns.
Answer:
B. Encourage the client to participate in changing the ostomy.
D. Offer to have a person who is coping with a colostomy visit.
E. Encourage the client and family members to express their feelings and concerns.
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A) Lack of comprehensive vaccine delivery systems to the public and private sectors for adults (similar to the Vaccines for Children program for children)
B) Lack of statutory requirements for vaccination of adults
C) Health care providers may lack current information about recommended adult immunizations and may miss opportunities to vaccinate adults during contacts in offices, outpatient clinics, and hospitals.
D) Adults fear injections for immunizations but do not worry about adverse effects after vaccination.
E) A multitude of comprehensive vaccination programs exist in settings where healthy adults congregate such as workplaces and other locations.
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A) Preventative care B) Primary prevention C) Secondary prevention D) Tertiary prevention
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