The nurse is caring for a patient with an ostomy.The nurse notes that the ostomy is putting out watery effluent.The nurse recognizes that this is indicative of which location?

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An opening in the ileal portion of the small intestine is an ileostomy, and the fecal effluent will be watery to thick liquid that will contain some digestive enzymes.A colostomy in the descending or sigmoid colon generally results in a stool similar to that normally passed through the rectum.If the opening is in the transverse or ascending colon, the effluent will vary from thick liquid to semi-formed stool.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient with an Ostomy