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6 years ago
The nurse is caring for a client who had abdominal surgery and has a sutured wound that is healing well without signs of infection. The nurse describes the wound as an:
 
  1. Intentional closed wound.
  2. Unintentional open wound.
  3. Intentional contaminated wound.
  4. Open uncontaminated wound.
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Rationale: The wound was created intentionally by a surgeon, and it is closed because it is sutured, allowing the wound to heal by primary intention. A contaminated wound is one that has pathogens or debris, which this does not.
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