A nurse documents the discharge from a client's post-cholecystectomy wound as "slight

serosanguineous drainage." What is meant by "serosanguineous drainage?"

A) Composed of pus only
B) Composed of blood only
C) Composed of clear serum
D) Composed of serum and blood


D

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The policies and procedures on a preoperative unit are being amended to bring them closer into alignment with the focus of the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). What intervention most directly addresses the priorities of the SCIP?

A) Actions aimed at increasing participation of families in planning care B) Actions aimed at preventing surgical site infections C) Actions aimed at increasing interdisciplinary collaboration D) Actions aimed at promoting the use of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

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A female patient has follicular non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is receiving thalidomide (Thalomid). It will be most important for the nurse to monitor this patient for which of the following?

A) Angina B) Fever C) Chills and rigors D) Bleeding

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Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means surgical excision of the uterus?

A) -ia, dys-, phag/o- B) -tomy, cholecyst/o- C) -ation, urin/o- D) -ectomy, hyster/o-

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Directions: Change the traditional time to the international 24-hour clock: 10:15 AM: _____________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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