The nurse is providing discharge instructions to a client who is going home after having an ileostomy for colon cancer. A priority discharge instruction is to instruct the client to:
a. irrigate the ileostomy weekly.
b. drink eight glasses of water daily.
c. monitor the daily output from the ileostomy.
d. use a mild laxative if there is no ileostomy drainage for 24 hours.
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