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Colostomy Teaching 2362

Instructed patient/caregiver about some things you can do to help move things through your ostomy: Sometimes changing 
your position, such as drawing your knees up to your chest, may help move along the food in your gut.

Colostomy Teaching 1712

Instructed patient call doctor if increase pain in the abdomen or the incision,fever, redness or drainage of the incision, irritation, or redness , or drainage of the incision, change bowel habits, such as:diarrhea, or constipation or skin irritation.

Colostomy Teaching 2364

Instructed patient caregiver If you keep having pain and cramping with no output from your stoma for more than 2 hours, 
and you can’t reach your doctor or ostomy nurse, go to the emergency room. Take all your ostomy supplies with you.