The patient comes to the industrial nurse and is frantic because the stoma to the colostomy has prolapsed 1 year after surgery.The nurse's best counsel would be:
A) "If there are still feces coming from the stoma, then it is not blocked. Contact your surgeon for an evaluation."
B) "You must come in immediately, because the stoma may completely retract into your abdomen."
C) "This is an emergency situation, because it has stenosed."
D) "Don't worry about that. Coughing or sneezing might have caused the prolapse. It will come back out in a few hours."
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