Your patient has a deep wound on the right hip, with tunneling at the 8 o'clock position extending 5 cm. The wound is draining large amounts of serosanguineous fluid and contains 100% red beefy tissue in the wound bed
Of the following, which would be an appropriate dressing choice?
a. Alginate dressing
b. Dry gauze dressing
c. Hydrogel
d. Hydrocolloid dressing
ANS: A
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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
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1. double the dose if any doses are missed. 2. report dark urine. 3. take the drug on an empty stomach. 4. abstain from alcohol while on the drug.
The nurse is providing discharge teaching. Which statement by the client indicates the need for further teaching regarding increased risk for metabolic alkalosis?
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A nursing student has cut and pasted a paragraph from another document into the current document. When the paragraph appears, the student sees that the text on each side of the paragraph is aligned. The student interprets this as which of the following?
A) Left justification B) Right justification C) Center justification D) Full justification