The nurse cares for patients on a medical/surgical unit. One of the nurse’s patients has just returned from a surgery to place a colostomy. The patient looks panicked and says to the nurse, “Should it look like that?!” The nurse responds:
A
“Your colon is a healthy reddish pink. It looks exactly how it should.”
explanation
This is the appropriate response. A colon should never be blue. Red and swollen after surgery is acceptable.
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