The nurse recognizes the patient who is exhibiting signs of diarrhea and will need enhanced skin care precautions as the patient who has:
a. one unformed stool after a bolus of tube feeding.
b. an unformed stool followed by a formed stool 3 hours later.
c. cramping and nausea followed by an unformed stool.
d. no abdominal discomfort, but has had three unformed stools in 8 hours.
ANS: D
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