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Hondros NUR150 Exam 2 Questions with Answers All Correct Used to treat inflammatory responses- decreases edema, muscle spasms, pain, and decreases blood flow to the area. when is cold and heat therapy recommended for an injury whose responsibility is it to evaluate proper application, adverse si...

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1). Used to treat inflammatory responses- decreases edema, muscle spasms, pain, and
decreases blood flow to the area.

 Ans: Cold and Heat Therapy


2). When is cold and heat therapy recommended for an injury

 Ans: first 24 to 48 hours


3). Whose responsibility is it to evaluate proper application, adverse signs and symptoms and
is also responsible for the patient's safety

 Ans: LPN


4). Where should you not apply a cold pack to

 Ans: red or blue areas


5). How often should you check the skin of a patient who is using an electrical cooling device
or an electrical heating device

 Ans: every 5 minutes


6). What are common symptoms when using an electrical cooling device

 Ans: numbness and tingling


7). How long should you leave a cooling device in place

 Ans: 15 to 20 minutes




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, 8). What are some adverse skin reactions when using a cooling device

 Ans: mottling, redness, burning, blistering and numbness


9). What should you record when using a cooling device or heating device

 Ans: what device you used, location, duration, patient response, patient teaching and
patients response to teaching


10). When should you immediately stop application of a cooling device

 Ans: areas become mottled, red or blue/purple, or if the patient Is complaining of
pain/numbness


11). When should you immediately stop application of a heating device

 Ans: skin becomes reddened and sensitive to touch, extreme warmth noted at the
area, and body part becomes painful to move


12). How long should you leave the heating device in place

 Ans: 20 to 30 minutes or as prescribed


13). Whose responsibility is it to assess skin areas prior to applications of heating and cooling
device and assess for risks

 Ans: LPN


14). What is one of the nurse's highest priority of care

 Ans: prevention and treatment of skin impairment


15). How often should you reposition a chair bound patient

 Ans: every hour


16). How often should you reposition a patient that is bed bound

 Ans: every 2 hours at a 30 degree angle




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, 17). Whose responsibility is it to properly collect a culture of the pressure ulcer

 Ans: nurse


18). How do you properly label a specimen

 Ans: patients name, medical record number, date of birth, date and time of collection,
what the collection is for, your name and initials. send as quickly as possible to the lab


19). What are anaerobic collections of

 Ans: inside of body cavities


20). What are aerobic collections of

 Ans: wound secretions


21). Occurs when the tissue layers of skin slide on each other , causing subcutaneous blood
vessels to kink or stretch resulting in an interruption of blood flow to the skin

 Ans: shearing force


22). The rubbing of skin against another surface produces what

 Ans: friction


23). What are the 2 mechanical factors that play a common role in the development of
pressure ulcers

 Ans: shearing force and friction


24). Which patients are at risk for pressure ulcers

 Ans: chronically ill, debilitated, older, disabled, or incontinent patients, patients with
spinal cord injuries, circulatory impairment or poor overall nutrition


25). How can the nurse assess a patients skin for skin impairment

 Ans: blanching the area




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