Exam 38: Providing Wound Care and Treating Pressure Ulcers

The nurse clarifies that the first stage of wound healing is:

The nurse changing a wet-to-damp normal saline dressing for a patient with an ulcer on the heel finds that the old dressing is stuck to the wound bed. The nurse's most beneficial intervention would be to:

A patient has a pooling of blood under unbroken skin of the hip after a fall. The nurse should document that this patient has a(n):

A nurse performing a right eye irrigation will position the patient:

A patient who underwent removal of a breast must be discharged home with a Jackson-Pratt wound drain in place. As the patient demonstrates the procedure for emptying it, the nurse should correct her if she:

Because the patient with an abdominal dressing requires frequent dressing changes, the abdomen is beginning to show skin irritation from repeated tape removal. The nurse would change the dressing procedure in order to use:

A nurse explains that the major purpose of the use of a hydrocolloid dressing is to:

A patient is due for a wound dressing change for a horizontal lower abdominal incision. In which direction should the nurse pull to remove the tape from the old dressing?