A client has a productive cough that produces green sputum with a musty odor. The nurse realizes that the client may be experiencing:
1. emphysema.
2. pneumococcal pneumonia.
3. Pseudomonas infection.
4. pulmonary edema.
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A client with a Pseudomonas infection can have a cough that produces green sputum with a musty odor. The sputum from emphysema is gray-white and mucoid. The sputum from pneumococcal pneumonia and pulmonary edema are rust colored and pink, frothy, respectively.
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The client is brought to the Emergency Department by the police. There are numerous large areas of bruising around the client's throat and upper arms, the client's lip is cut, and the client's clothes are ripped
The documentation that is most correctly written for this situation is: A) Client brought to ED by police. Bruising to throat and upper arms, measuring ____–_____ cm. Clothes ripped. B) Police brought client to the ED after getting beat up. Clothes ripped, bruising to throat and upper arms. Lip cut. C) Client had areas of bruising on throat and upper arms, as if someone had choked the client. Clothing ripped. D) Client brought to the ED, victim of some type of abuse, in the custody of the police.