Aclient has black, sticky, tarry, foul-smelling stools from digested dark blood. which term should the nurse use in report to describe this finding?

The term the nurse should use to report and describe the findings in the patient is known as “Melena”. Melena is known to be the dark sticky feces containing a part of digested blood. Melena can be produced by swallowing blood or it may indicate that a person is bleeding internally. 

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