Practice Question
What is evisceration?
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Correct Answer:
The viscera spilling out of the abdomen
Rationale:
🔴 Evisceration is a surgical emergency where internal organs—most commonly abdominal viscera—protrude through a wound opening, usually after abdominal surgery.
🔴 It typically follows wound dehiscence, which is the partial or complete separation of the surgical incision, but in evisceration, the bowel or other viscera are exposed.
🔴 This condition requires immediate intervention: the nurse should cover the exposed organs with sterile, moist saline dressings, position the patient supine with knees bent, and notify the surgeon immediately.
🔴 Preventing evisceration includes avoiding strain, proper wound support, and close postoperative monitoring, especially in clients with poor healing capacity.
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- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: ATI Exam(s)
- Domain: RN Concept-Based Assessment Level Exam(s)
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