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Average Score: 77%
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After instructing a female client on circumcision care, the nursery nurse asks her to restate some of the key points covered. Which statement shows that the client will properly care for her son's circumcision?
Correct answer
A
Rationale
Before petrolatum gauze is removed, it should be soaked with warm water to prevent trauma to adherent tissues. A yellow exudate often forms normally over the surgical site. Only if it becomes foul-smelling and purulent would it need to be reported. Alcohol should never be used on the site; this would be extremely painful to the infant. Special care and observance should continue until the site is completely covered with clean, pink granulation tissue, which could take 7-10 days.