Bowel Perforation Journal of Nursing

Looks Can Be Deceiving

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I asked his family to step out for a moment so I could empty his JP drains. I emptied them into a basin and I noticed that they were very dark. I inspected them a little closer and I noticed it had a greenish tinge to it. Remembering what the surgeon had said about the possibility of a bowel perforation I got concerned and called the surgeon.

Submitted by Heather Miller, RN

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