The client calls the nurse to look at his surgical wound, which has increased drainage, and has underlying tissues visible. The nurse identifies this as:
1. Wound evisceration
2. Wound infection
3. Wound dehiscence
4. Hemorrhage
3
Rationale: Wound evisceration is the extrusion of internal organs and tissues through the incision, and presents as an opening of the incision and visible protrusion of organs
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