A client needs to be placed on strict intake and output (I&O) measurement. The nurse collects the data as a baseline and then checks the client's skin turgor by Pulling up and releasing the skin on the sternal area.
<h3>How do you test the turgor of the skin?</h3>
By gently squeezing a skin fold between your thumb and fingers, you may determine the turgor of the skin.
It is the typical condition of turgidity and tension in live cells, in particular: the fluid inside a plant cell stretching out the protoplasmic layer and cell wall.
The skin you choose, whether it be on the belly, sternum, forearm, or below the collarbone, need to feel elastic, move freely, and swiftly revert to its initial position when released after a few seconds.
Turgor was regarded as normal if it took less than two seconds for the skin to return to the hand and reduced if it took more than two seconds.
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