The wound dehiscence - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

which way do you spiral pack a wound? - distal to proximal how long do you wash your hands for - 20-30 seconds process of Donning - gown to mask to eyewear to gloves how to take off PPE - gloves to eyewear to gown to mask Local infection - infection based in one section of the body systemic infection - an infection throughout the body nosocomial infection - hospital acquired infection modes of transmission - direct, indirect, droplet, airborne, vehicl...

NUR 155 Foundations of Nursing - Galen College of Nursing Exam 3 Review Question: Define the nurse's practice Answer: Nurse practice act Question: Dehiscence Answer: Wounds open, Popping sounds Question: Evisceration Answer: Organs coming out the body through an open wound

Instruct the client to inhale slowly and as deeply as possible through the mouthpiece, without using the nose. Correct Answer-A nurse is educating a postoperative client on how to use an incentive spirometer. Which of the following is an accurate step that should be included in the teaching plan? Anxiety Correct Answer-A client is experiencing hypoxia. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate? There is an accidental separation of the wound Correct Answer-A nurse caring...

NURS 221 - Final Exam What is wound dehiscence? A partial or total rupture (separation) of a sutured wound, usually with separation of underlying skin layers What is a partial or total rupture (separation) of a sutured wound, usually with separation of underlying skin layers called? Dehiscence What is wound evisceration? A dehiscence that involves the protrusion of visceral organs through a wound opening What is a dehiscence that involves the protrusion of visceral organs thro...

HESI MED SURG FINAL EXAM REVIEW 2024/ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS AND RATIONALES/100% CORRECT AND VERIFIED A client who has undergone abdominal surgery calls the nurse and reports that she just felt “something give way” in the abdominal incision. The nurse checks the incision and notes the presence of wound dehiscence. The nurse immediately: Contacts the physician Documents the findings Places the client in a supine position with the legs flat Covers the abdomi...

A nurse is providing teaching to a client who is in a wheelchair about measures to avoid skin breakdown. Which of the following instructions by the nurse is related to preventing skin breakdown? : You should shift your weight off your buttocks at intervals throughout the day A wound, ostomy and continence nurse (WOCN) is providing an in service to a group of nurses about documentation of pressure injuries. Which of the following statements by one of the group members indicates an under...

(Complete 120 Q&A) Med Surg 2(II) Midterm Update 2023 |Grade A+ 1. A patient is admitted to the ED complaining of severe abdominal pain, stating that he has been vomiting "coffee-ground" like emesis. The patient is diagnosed with a perforated gastric ulcer and is informed that he needs surgery. When can the patient most likely anticipate that the surgery will be scheduled? A) Within 24 hours B) Within the next week C) Without delay because the bleed is emergent D) As soon as all the d...

NSE211 Clinical Placement Exam Questions And Verified Answers Graded A+ Types of Wound Healing: Primary intention Secondary intention Tertiary intention Primary intention Healing takes place when wound margins are neatly approximated or closed and risk for infection is low - surgical wound or paper cut Inflammatory Phase: The granulation (proliferative/reconstruction) phase: Maturation phase and scar contraction Secondary intention Wounds with wide or irregular wound margins t...

A nurse is preparing to mix short-acting and intermediate-acting insulin in one syringe to administer to a client who has type 1 diabetes mellitus. Identify the sequence the nurse should follow. - 1: Draw up the volume of ainsulin from the intermediate-acting insulin vial. 2: Inject the volume of air equal to the amount of insulin to withdraw from the intermediate-acting insulin vial. 3: Inject the volume of air equal to the insulin dose form the short-acting insulin vial 4: Withdraw...

Select from the following a medication that is used for PONV and has the potential to prolong the QT interval a) droperidol b) dolasteran c) prochlorperazine d) scopolamine patch A) droperidol Allergic reactions to latex range from skin disease to asthma and anaphylaxis that can result in chronic illness, disability, career loss, hardship and death. What types of signs and symptoms would be indicative of an allergic contact dermatitis response to contact with natural rubber latex Pr...