What is the most effective way for a nurse to help provide support to the patient with an ostomy who has ineffective regimen management?
a. Ask a volunteer from the American Can-cer Society or United Ostomy Association to visit.
b. Ask a volunteer from the Reach for Re-covery Society to visit.
c. Send a close family member for psychia-tric counseling.
d. Obtain humor books pertaining to illness, such as Anatomy of an Illness, or watch several episodes of The Three Stooges on television.
A
Contact with persons who have coped with all the aspects of ostomies are excellent resources for individuals with new ostomies. Every effort is made to send a volunteer of the same age and gender.
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