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Test chap 22
Surgical Wound Care
Question | Answer |
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what are advantages of transparent dressing ? | allows visualization of the wound. Indicated for partial thickness wounds with little or no exudate, wounds with necrosis and as both a primary or secondary dressing |
what solution can be used on wet to dry dressing? | Normal saline |
4 stages of wound healing? | 1. Hemostasis 2. Inflammation 3. Proliferation 4. Remodeling |
The nurse is caring for a pt with a surficial wound, how can the nurse promote healing? | keep hydrated, good diet, and increase calories |
how much fluid is the max drainage for a JP? | 300mL |
A patient has a rapid pulse, BP dropped, urine output dropped, dressing is dry. What is causing these symptoms? | Internal Hemorrage |
When removing a dressing from a patient , the nurse sees that the dressing is stuck on the wound. What should the nurse do? | Moist it with saline and use forceps to take out the dressing |
What is sanguineous? | It is the fresh red blood that comes out of the injury when it first occurs It will thicken as the blood starts to clot. This initial drainage occurs when a wound is in the 1st stage of healing. Known as the inflammatory stage |
what is serosanguineous? | Contains or related to both blood and the liquid part of the blood (serum) it usually refers to fluids collected from or leaving the body. For example, fluid leaving the wound that is serosanguineous yellowish w/ small amounts of blood |
What is serous? | Having a thing watery constitution a serous exudate |
what is purulent? | Containing or discharge pus |
What are the advantage's of occlusive dressing? | Reducing wound surface necrosis, preventing wound desiccation, decreasing wound pain, increasing wound healing rates, dressing wound care, stimulating growth factors , activating enzymes needed for debridement, & providing protection to wounds |