Nurse Aide II Elimination Procedures- Ostomy Care Questions and Correct Answers
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Ostomy Care
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Ostomy Care
Small Bowel •Where digestion is completed. Approximately 20 feet in length.
Ileocecal Valve •Connects the Small Bowel to Large bowel.
Large Bowel •5-6 feet in length. Area where stool is forming to be evacuated by the body
Gastrocolic Reflex •Naturally occurs in the body producing an urg...
Nurse Aide II Elimination Procedures-
Ostomy Care Questions and Correct
Answers
Small Bowel ✅•Where digestion is completed. Approximately 20 feet in length.
Ileocecal Valve ✅•Connects the Small Bowel to Large bowel.
Large Bowel ✅•5-6 feet in length. Area where stool is forming to be evacuated by the
body
Gastrocolic Reflex ✅•Naturally occurs in the body producing an urge to defecate.
Ostomy ✅•Is a surgically created opening into the body. May be temporary or
permanent depending on the reason for the surgery.
Stoma ✅•The opening to the outside of the body. Made from the lining of mucous
membranes of the intestine itself.
Colostomy ✅•Most common form of ostomy: Large Intestine.
Single-Barrel Colostomy ✅•Also called "end Colostomy." Occurs in the Transverse
Colon. It is almost always permanent.
Double-Barrel Colostomy ✅•The bowel is severed and both ends are brought out onto
the abdomen.
•Two Stomas are formed, one for stool and one for mucus that the Large Intestine
produces.
•Usually, temporary.
Loop Colostomy ✅•Occurs when an entire loop of the bowel is brought out through the
abdominal surface through one incision and then opened exposing two pathways to the
bowel.
•Usually, temporary.
Loop Stoma ✅•Is one Stoma with two different openings.
•One for stool and one for mucus.
Cecostomy ✅•A surgical procedure to create an opening in the Cecum of the Large
Intestine.
, Ileostomy ✅•A surgery that makes a temporary or permanent (depending on diagnosis
and surgery required) opening into the Ileum part of the Small Bowel.
Bowel Diversion Surgeries ✅•Refers to surgical procedures that reroute the normal
movement of intestinal contents out of the body when part of the body is diseased or
removed.
•Ileostomy, Colostomy, Ileoanal Reservoir, and Continent Ileostomy are examples.
Ileoanal Reservoir ✅•Large Intestine is removed but the Anus remains intact and
healthy
Continent Ileostomy ✅•Large Intestine has been removed, the surgeon creates an
internal pouch, "Kock" pouch, from the end of the Ileum.
•The pouch must be drained several times a day by inserting a tube through the Stoma.
Urostomy ✅•A surgically created opening in the abdominal wall through which urine
passes.
Ileal Conduit ✅•The surgery that is the creation of a new exit route for the passage of
urine from the body via a Stoma and pouch.
Excoriation ✅•Enzymes from the bowel that may cause a chemical burn with the skin.
Flange ✅•Is the actual plastic device that connects to the Ostomy pouch, the flange is
the coupling device.
Peristomal Care ✅•Care given to the skin, approximately 4x4 inches, around the
Stoma.
Ostomy Skin Barrier ✅•Also called Faceplate, Wafer or Baseplate.
•The part of the appliance that goes against the skin and has a hole that fits around the
Stoma
Hydrocolloid ✅•A substance that forms a gel with water and is used in some Ostomy
products to absorb perspiration and other metabolic secretions while preventing fungal
and bacterial invasion.
Appliance ✅•The plastic container into which the contents of the bowel are emptied.
•One-Piece or Two-Piece Appliances.
One-Piece Appliance System ✅•The collection pouch and adhesive Faceplate are one
piece.
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