Exam 39: Dressings, Bandages, and Binders

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

The nurse is preparing to apply a gauze bandage to a dressing on the patient's wrist.How should the nurse proceed?

The nurse is demonstrating a dressing change to a nursing student.What key safety features should she emphasize during the process? (Select all that apply.)

In caring for a patient who has an abdominal binder, it is expected that the nurse will do which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse would consider a dry dressing appropriate for a wound that requires which of the following?

What should the nurse do for a patient who is having a wet-to-dry dressing applied?

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?

What should the nurse remember to do when applying a hydrocolloid dressing?

The nurse is caring for a patient who is bleeding.To control bleeding, she would apply a _____ dressing.

The nurse is changing a film dressing over a wound that is showing a large amount of drainage.How should the nurse proceed?

_______________ dressings are used for wounds that require debridement.

The nurse is caring for a patient who had a negative-pressure wound dressing.The nurse realizes that the system is working properly when the vacuum setting is set at which of the following levels?

For a patient with a transparent film dressing, the nurse assesses that there is white, opaque fluid accumulation and the surrounding tissue is inflamed.How should the nurse respond?

Negative-pressure wound therapy (NPWT) would be contraindicated in which of the following? (Select all that apply.)

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

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:

Which of the following tasks might be delegated to nursing assistive personnel (NAP)?

Dressings serve several functions.Which of the following is a function of a dressing? (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient who has a negative-pressure dressing.The nurse realizes that typically the dressing should be changed:

___________ healing takes place when tissue is cleanly cut and the margins are reapproximated.