Question

A client is admitted to the hospital with a diagnosis of a large cancerous tumor of the sigmoid colon, and surgery for a colon resection is scheduled. what clinical finding does the nurse expect when completing this client's nursing admission history and physical?

Answer 1

The right answer is Rectal bleeding.

Rectal hemorrhage is a very important warning sign.

The search for blood in the stool can be done by an immunological test more efficient than that formerly used. the patient himself can, with a single sample, practice it. This test paper can detect minimal amounts of human blood in the stool.