Exam 40: Wound Care and Irrigations

What should the nurse do to reestablish the vacuum of the Hemovac system after emptying?

The nurse is in the process of irrigating the wound for a patient who has a large pressure ulcer on his buttock.How should the nurse proceed?

On which types of wounds may the nurse use a pulsatile high-pressure lavage for irrigation?

Which situation noticed during evaluation would determine that the staples or sutures should remain in place?

Healing by ________ intention occurs when surgical wounds are not closed immediately but are left open for 3 to 5 days to allow edema or infection to diminish.

The nurse is caring for a patient with a postsurgical wound dehiscence who is being treated with a wet-to-dry dressing.Which of the following can be appropriately delegated to the nurse assistant?

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a dressing over a surgical wound created the night before.The dressing has never been changed.How should the nurse proceed?

Healing by primary intention is expected to occur with which of the following situations?

The _____________ is composed of newly formed collagen,and the nurse can usually feel it along a healing wound.It is usually present directly under the suture line between days 5 and 9.

The nurse prepares to irrigate the patient's wound.What is the primary reason for this procedure?

___________ are threads of wire or other materials used to sew body tissues together.

What is an appropriate technique for the nurse to implement for drainage evacuation?

Wounds that have been approved for treatment using negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT)include which of the following?

___________ is black,brown,or tan tissue in the wound that should be removed before wound healing can begin.

The nurse is caring for a patient who has had major abdominal surgery and is concerned about the possibility of dehiscence.During the assessment,the nurse assesses for which of the following contributing factors?

The nurse is changing a surgical dressing and is cleansing the wound.She knows that:

When teaching about wound care in the home environment,the nurse instructs the patient and caregiver to:

The nurse should consider culturing a wound when which one of the following situations occurs?

The Jackson-Pratt (JP)drain relies on the presence of a vacuum to withdraw drainage and is considered a __________ drainage system.

The nurse is educating a patient about his role in wound healing.Which of the following factors,if modified by the patient,can support adequate oxygenation at the tissue level?