Because the physician has not ordered a dressing change for a draining wound, the nurse should assess the amount of drainage by:
a. weighing the patient to estimate the weight of the saturated dressing.
b. reinforcing the dressing.
c. circling and dating the outline of the exudate on the dressing.
d. counting each dressing as 1 mL of drainage.
C
Without an order to change the dressing, the drainage should be circled and dated. Should the dressing become saturated, the dressing can be reinforced but the exudate should still be circled.
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