
A 36-year-old woman who had an ascending colostomy angrily declares,"I don't want this hateful thing on my body! This nasty thing is not me." The nurse's most therapeutic response would be:
A) "The colostomy is part of you now."
B) "Let me change the collection bag so you won't feel so nasty."
C) "All ostomates feel this way at first. I'll go get a list of support groups you may want to join."
D) "What about this colostomy concerns you the most?"
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