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A Patient Returns to the Unit After a Neck Dissection

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A patient returns to the unit after a neck dissection. The surgeon placed a Jackson Pratt drain in the wound. When assessing the wound drainage over the first 24 postoperative hours the nurse would notify the physician immediately for what?


A) Presence of small blood clots in the drainage
B) 60 mL of milky or cloudy drainage
C) Spots of drainage on the dressings surrounding the drain
D) 120 mL of serosanguinous drainage

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