Exam 41: Dressings,bandages,and Binders

The patient is being sent home from the hospital after a cardiac catheterization.What should the nurse instruct the patient to do first if bleeding should occur at the femoral artery puncture site?

Serious hemorrhaging has resulted in the patient experiencing a fluid and electrolyte imbalance.How should the nurse respond?

A __________ dressing comes in direct contact with the wound bed.

The patient is brought from a construction site to the emergency department with a pipe puncturing his abdomen.The pipe is still in place.The patient is triaged and is scheduled for the operating room.What should the nurse do while waiting for the surgeon?

In caring for a patient who has an abdominal binder,it is expected that the nurse will do which of the following?

The nurse is changing a dry,woven gauze dressing when it is observed that the gauze has inadvertently stuck to the wound.What should the nurse do?

When assessing a patient with a hydrocolloid dressing,the nurse finds the formation of a soft,white-yellow gel that is adherent to the wound and has a very slight odor.The nurse evaluates this outcome as:

A _______________ is a clear,adherent,nonabsorptive,polyurethane moisture- and vapor-permeable dressing that often is used for protection over high-friction areas and over intravenous (IV)catheters.

Hydrocolloid dressings are used for which of the following?