While assessing the patient at the beginning of the shift the nurse inspects a surgical dressing covering the operative site after the patients' cervical discectomy. The nurse notes the drainage is serosanguineous
The nurse recognizes that the characteristic of this drainage may indicate what?
A) Abnormal finding
B) Postnasal drainage
C) Hemorrhage
D) A dural leak
Ans: D
Feedback: After a cervical discectomy, the nurse will monitor the operative site and dressing covering this site. Serosanguineous drainage may indicate a dural leak. This is not an abnormal finding, postnasal drip, or an indication of hemorrhage.
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