When teaching a patient to irrigate a new colostomy,the nurse recognizes that additional teaching is needed when the patient indicates which of the following?
A) "I should hang the irrigating container about 46 to 60 cm above the stoma."
B) "Irrigation will help control and train my bowel."
C) "I should use a hard plastic catheter for irrigating."
D) "If resistance is met,force is not to be used."
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