a client is the first postoperative day after a partial colectomy with colostomy. the nurse notes...

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a client is the first postoperative day after a partial colectomy with colostomy. the nurse notes that the stoma is reddish- pink and moist with edema and a small amount of bleeding. which nursing action is correct?

Apply an absorbent pressure dressing to the stoma. Recognize these as normal, early postoperative findings Report these findi

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Nurse recognises these finding normal and early postoperative finding. Minimal bleeding is common in early period Nd there is no need of applying dressing and turning side.

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