A community health nurse is providing dressing changes for an older adult woman who has a chronic venous ulcer. When choosing a wound management strategy for this patient, what principle should guide the nurse's care regimen?
A) Dead tissue should remain undisturbed and allowed to naturally resorb.
B) Topical antibiotics should be kept in contact with the wound bed at all times.
C) Wound healing will occur most quickly if the wound bed is kept as moist as possible.
D) The wound exudate should be promptly removed from the wound bed.
D
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A patient underwent cataract removal with an intraocular lens implant. The nurse giving the patient discharge instructions should include which of the following?
A) Avoid lifting objects weighing more than 5 lb (2.27 kg). B) Lie on your abdomen when in bed. C) Keep rooms brightly lit. D) Avoid straining during bowel movement or bending at the waist.
Educating our patients is mandated by The Joint Commission. Which statement best describes the specifics of that requirement? The training and education must be:
a. specific to the assessed needs, interdisciplinary, and evaluated for effectiveness. b. specific to the assessed needs, cost-effective, and focused. c. based on the patient's ability to learn, cost-effective, and timely. d. specific to assessed needs, timely, and delivered by only one person for continui-ty.
A 58-year-old male patient has been hospitalized for a wedge resection of the left lower lung lobe after a routine chest x-ray shows carcinoma. The patient is anxious and asks if he can smoke
Which statement by the nurse would be most therapeutic? A) "Smoking is the reason you're here." B) "The doctor left orders for you not to smoke." C) "You're anxious about the surgery. Do you see smoking as helping?" D) "Smoking is OK right now, but after your surgery it's contraindicated."
The ethics of genetic screening encourage you to
A) not reveal a finding that would be detrimental to self-esteem. B) notify all family members of the finding as soon as possible. C) promote mandatory screening for high-risk people. D) relay findings to individuals as soon as possible.