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colleen colleen
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11 years ago
The nurse is caring for a patient receiving peritoneal dialysis. After completing the exchange and draining the dialysate, the nurse observes the dialysate is cloudy. The nurse interprets this finding as which of the following?
1. a sign of infection
2. a sign of vascular access occlusion
3. the normal appearance of dialysate
4. a sign of possible bowel perforation
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11 years ago
1 -- Dialysate is typically clear; cloudy or malodorous dialysate may indicate infection; blood or feces in the dialysate may indicate organ or bowel perforation.
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