12.
When should the NG tube have reached the patient's stomach?
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13.
What two methods may be used when collecting and submitting a wound
culture?
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Special Instructions for Exercises 14 Through 18. Match the terms in Column A with
the correct definition in Column B. Place your answer in the blank space provided to
the left of the number in Column A.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
___ 14.
Distention
a. Fluid usually containing pus,
bacteria, or dead cells.
___ 15.
Evisceration
b. A rubber tube that is inserted through
the nose down to the stomach.
___ 16.
Exudate
c.
The state of being stretched out or
bloated.
___ 17.
Nasogastric tube
d. Gas expelled rectally.
e. Separations of the wound edges with
___ 18.
Flatus
the protrusion of organs.
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