Title: Discuss the importance of reporting abnormal observations or changes to the appropriate supervisor.
Course: Nurse Aide (14051) > Section: Unit VIII: Personal Care Skills

Discussion should include

- unusual stool color or consistency
- unusual odor
- presence of blood, pus, or mucus in a stool bag
- leaking around the seal of the bag
- flatus accumulating in the ostomy bag
- complaints of pain in the abdomen
- distended abdomen.