What does the nurse tell the client about the ileal conduit before the operation? A client who has been diagnosed with bladder cancer is scheduled for an ileal conduit.

Conveys urine from the ureters to a stoma opening in the abdomen.

An ileal conduit is a permanent urinary diversion in which a portion of the ileum is surgically resected and one end of the segment is closed. The ureters are surgically attached to this segment of the ileum. and the open end of the ileum is brought to the skin surface on the abdomen to form the stoma. The client must wear a pouch to collect the urine that continually flows through the conduit. The bladder is removed during the surgical procedure and the ileal conduit is not reversible.Option B: Diversion of the urine to the sigmoid colon is called a ureter ileosigmoidostomy.Option D: An opening in the bladder that allows urine to drain externally is called a cystostomy.