A patient with diarrhea is incontinent of liquid stool.The nurse documents that he now has excoriated skin on his buttocks.Which finding by the nurse led to this documentation?

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Excoriation is a loss of the superficial layers of the skin caused by the digestive enzymes in feces.Maceration is the softening of skin from exposure to moisture.Abrasion,a rubbing away of the epidermal layer of the skin,especially over bony areas,is often caused by friction or shearing forces that occur when a patient moves in bed.Pressure ulcers are lesions caused by tissue compression and inadequate perfusion that are a result of immobility.

A Patient with Diarrhea Is Incontinent of Liquid Stool