The nurse informs a patient that a wet-to-dry dressing is applied wet and allowed to dry. This drying process causes it to adhere to the wound. What is the result of this intervention when the dressing is removed?
a. Destruction of tissue
b. Bleeding
c. Mechanical debridement
d. Prevention of infection
ANS: C
The primary purpose of a wet-to-dry dressing is to debride a wound mechanically.
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A patient with a history of using recreational cocaine tells the nurse that he would rather be addicted to cocaine than be diagnosed with cancer. What should the nurse respond with to this patient?
1. "Cocaine has been linked to the development of cancer." 2. "I guess if that's what you would prefer." 3. "People who use cocaine do have a lower risk of developing cancer." 4. "As long as the cocaine is pure and not mixed with toxic chemicals."
A nurse who withdraws from work mentally and becomes indifferent, passive, and apathetic is, per Argyris's theory, reacting to frustrations associated with an overly controlling management
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
A psychiatric nurse is focusing on the fifth area of service, based on the Community Mental Health Centers Act of 1963, when:
a. assisting with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments. b. providing stress management technique classes to new mothers. c. assessing patients for admission into an outpatient group program. d. providing emergency psychiatric care to a rape victim demonstrating psychoses.
The nursing process is: a. an organised step-by-step approach that creates aframework for nurses to use
b. the process whereby the nurse processes all therelevant information in the history. c. the process whereby nursing skills are carried out. d. the process whereby nurses learn new skills.