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mwit1967

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on: Jul 11, 2018
When documenting in a patient's chart, the nurse should:
 
  a. include speculation.
  b. chart consecutively.
  c. leave blank spaces.
  d. include retaliatory comments.

Question 2

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) classifies wounds according to the amount of contamination. An uninfected surgical wound with less than a 5 chance of becoming infected postoperatively is classified as a:
 
  a. dirty wound.
  b. clean-contaminated wound.
  c. contaminated wound.
  d. clean wound.


kalskdjl1212

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

B
A nurse should not write retaliatory or critical comments about a patient or care by other health care professionals. The nurse should not leave blank spaces in the nurse's notes. The nurse should be certain the entry is factual and not speculate or guess. The nurse should chart consecutively, line by line.

Answer to Question 2

D
A clean wound is an uninfected surgical wound with less than a 5 chance of becoming infected postoperatively.


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