Hondros NUR150 Exam 2 Questions with Answers All Correct
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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...
Hondros NUR150 Exam 2 Questions with
Answers All Correct
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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