Wound Care Questions / Study Guide Questions with Definitive Solutions.Quiz____?Before performing a wound assessment, which nursing action would reduce the patient's risk for infection?
- Taking the patient's temperature
- Applying clean gloves
- Assessing the wound for drainage
- Assessing the dressing for drainage -
- Applying clean gloves
- Cleft lip repair
- Infected hysterectomy incision
- Exploratory laparoscopy incision
- Facial laceration caused by a pocket knife -
- Infected hysterectomy incision
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Quiz____?Which wound would be allowed to heal by secondary intention?
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Quiz____?The nurse notes that a patient's surgical wound is healing slowly. Which health problem would contribute to slow wound healing?Page 1 of 7 1 / 2
- Osteoarthritis
- Glaucoma
- Deafness
- Diabetes mellitus -
- Diabetes mellitus
- Assessing the site for signs of redness or swelling
- Reporting the presence of wound odor
- Removing a soiled outer dressing
- Opening sterile dressings during the dressing change -
- Reporting the presence of wound odor
- Remove the dressing, inspect the wound, and reapply a new dressing.
- Inspect the wound and reapply the surgical dressing every 2 hours.
- Inspect the wound, and keep the dressing off until the health care
- Wait until the health care provider orders the removal of the surgical
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Quiz____?Which intervention can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) in caring for a patient with a wound?
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Quiz____?A patient who had surgery yesterday has the initial dressing covering the surgical site. What is the nurse's responsibility in assessing this patient's wound?
provider arrives.
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