NCLEX-RN · Question #311
A client had abdominal surgery this morning. The nurse notices that there is a small amount of bloody drainage on his surgical dressing. The nurse would document this as what type of drainage?
The correct answer is C. Sanguinous. (A) Drainage from a surgical incision usually proceeds from sanguinous to serosanguinous. (B) Purulent drainage usually indicates infection and should not be seen initially from a surgical (C) Drainage from a surgical incision is initially sanguinous, proceeding to…
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A client had abdominal surgery this morning. The nurse notices that there is a small amount of bloody drainage on his surgical dressing. The nurse would document this as what type of drainage?
Options
- ASerosanguinous
- BPurulent
- CSanguinous
- DCatarrhal
How the community answered
(25 responses)- A4% (1)
- B4% (1)
- C92% (23)
Explanation
(A) Drainage from a surgical incision usually proceeds from sanguinous to serosanguinous. (B) Purulent drainage usually indicates infection and should not be seen initially from a surgical (C) Drainage from a surgical incision is initially sanguinous, proceeding to serosanguinous, and (D) Catarrhal is a type of exudate seen in upper respiratory infections, not in surgical incisions.
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