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A patient's draining wound is pale and watery with a combination of plasma and red cells. How should the nurse document this finding?
 
  a. Serous drainage
  b. Purulent drainage
  c. Sanguineous drainage
  d. Serosanguineous drainage

Question 2

The student nurse caring for a 56-year-old patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). While providing oral care for the patient the student nurse notes that the gums are reddened and bleed easily.
 
  The student nurse identifies this as a sign of what condition? a. Dental caries
  b. Gingivitis
  c. Oral herpes
  d. Thrush


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Reply #1 on: Jul 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Serosanguineous is pale, more watery, and a combination of plasma and red cells, which may be blood streaked. Serous is clear, watery plasma. Purulent is thick, yellow, green, or brown, indicating the presence of dead or living organisms and white blood cells. Sanguineous is fresh bleeding.

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Gingivitis is inflammation of the gums, and dental caries is tooth decay produced by interaction of food with bacteria that forms plaque. Thrush is a yeast infection in the mouth and oral herpes are open sores in the mouth around the mucous membrane.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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