The most effective way for a nurse to help provide support to the ostomate patient who has ineffective regimen management is to:
1. ask a volunteer from the American Cancer Society or United Ostomy Association to visit.
2. ask a volunteer from the Reach for Recovery Society to visit.
3. send a close family member for psychiatric counseling.
4. obtain humor books pertaining to illness, such as Anatomy of an Illness, or watch several episodes of "Three Stooges" on TV.
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Contact with persons who have coped with all the aspects of ostomies are excellent re-sources for the persons with new ostomies. Every effort is made to send a volunteer of the same age and gender.
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