The number of people suffering from colon cancer in the Republic of Croatia is increasing every day, although with various prevention programs and education, raising awareness about a healthy lifestyle within population is wanted. Due to the high rate of patients, a large number of stoma is performed. Special attention and support should be paid to patients with stoma so that they do not feel rejected on the margins of society, as a community and as individuals. With the realization that he will get a stoma, the patient is faced with a shocking fact, a new way of life and daily functioning. By conducting preoperative education, the patient is introduced to the stoma, all procedures and interventions related to stoma care, and to help and provide support in accepting the stoma. In addition to the patient and the family, a very important role in the entire process of education is played by the nurse as an educator. An experienced, educated and welleducated nurse transmits to the patient the necessary knowledge about stoma care, provides security and selfless support in the daily functioning of the stoma. The results of the research show the importance and need of conducting preoperative education for patients with stoma as an indispensable segment of enterostomal therapy in the preoperative preparation of patients. A well-conducted preoperative education, and a positive approach in accepting the stoma as an integral part of your body is a guarantee of faster postoperative recovery of the patient, coexistence with the stoma and return to daily life, because the stoma means life to the patient.