A patient with an abdominal surgical wound sneezes and states, “Something doesn’t feel right with my wound.” The nurse asses the upper half of the surgical wounds edges are no longer approximated and the lower half remains well approximated. What documentation by the nurse is most appropriate? a) Following a sneeze, the wound pustulated. b) Following a sneeze, the wound hemorrhaged. c) Following a sneeze, the wound dehisced. d) Following a sneeze, the wound eviscerated.
A patient with an abdominal surgical wound sneezes and states, “Something doesn’t feel right with my wound.” The nurse asses the upper half of the surgical wounds edges are no longer approximated and the lower half remains well approximated. What documentation by the nurse is most appropriate?
a) Following a sneeze, the wound pustulated.
b) Following a sneeze, the wound hemorrhaged.
c) Following a sneeze, the wound dehisced.
d) Following a sneeze, the wound eviscerated.