N295 video questions EXAM 2023/2024
WITH 100%VERIFIED ANSWERS
A patient who had surgery yesterday has the initial dressing covering the surgical site. What is
the nurse's responsibility in assessing this patient's wound? - ANSWER>>Wait until the health
care provider orders the removal of the surgical dressing.
Which wound would be allowed to heal by secondary intention? - ANSWER>>Infected
hysterectomy incision
Before performing a wound assessment, which nursing action would reduce the patient's risk
for infection? - ANSWER>>Applying clean gloves
Which intervention can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) in caring for a
patient with a wound? - ANSWER>>Reporting the presence of wound odor
The nurse notes that a patient's surgical wound is healing slowly. Which health problem would
contribute to slow wound healing? - ANSWER>>Diabetes mellitus
Which practice protects the nurse from infection when changing the dressing on an infected
pressure injury? - ANSWER>>Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
The wound bed of a patient's pressure injury is red. What does this finding indicate to the
nurse? - ANSWER>>Granulation tissue
Which measurements would the nurse use to calculate the surface area of a patient's pressure
injury? - ANSWER>>Length and width
How would the nurse safely apply an enzyme debridement ointment? - ANSWER>>Apply
ointment to necrotic tissue in the wound while avoiding contact with surrounding skin.
Which action can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to help prevent the
development of pressure injury in an older adult patient? - ANSWER>>Reposition the patient at
least every 2 hours.
, A patient complains of pain during a dressing change. What would be the most effective
intervention the nurse could initiate at the next dressing change in order to reduce the patient's
pain? - ANSWER>>Premedicate the patient with a prescribed analgesic 30 minutes before the
intervention.
Which action reduces the nurse's risk for infection when changing the dressing of an infected
abdominal wound? - ANSWER>>Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
What is the nurse's best response when additional bloody drainage appears on the initial
abdominal dressing of a patient who had surgery 7 hours ago? - ANSWER>>Further assess the
patient and the wound.
When changing a patient's surgical dressing 24 hours postoperatively, when would the nurse
apply sterile gloves? - ANSWER>>After removing the original dressing materials and performing
hand hygiene a second time
Which action would minimize the risk for cross-contamination while cleansing an infected
abdominal surgical wound? - ANSWER>>Using a new gauze pad for each stroke while cleansing
the wound
The health care provider writes an order for a culture specimen to be collected from a patient
with a dog bite wound. What would the nurse do first? - ANSWER>>Review the order to
determine the type of specimen to be collected.
Which action would the nurse take to reduce the risk for wound infection when collecting a
specimen for culture? - ANSWER>>The nurse would wear sterile gloves during specimen
collection in order to reduce the risk for wound infection.
Which question might the nurse ask the patient when an aerobic wound culture has been
ordered? - ANSWER>>"Do you have any pain at the wound site?"
Which instruction might the nurse give to the NAP to help ensure that a wound culture
specimen will be transported properly? - ANSWER>>"Take this specimen to the lab
immediately."
Which nursing action demonstrates proper procedure in the collection of a wound culture
specimen? - ANSWER>>Wearing clean gloves to remove soiled dressings minimizes the risk of
cross-contaminating the wound.
WITH 100%VERIFIED ANSWERS
A patient who had surgery yesterday has the initial dressing covering the surgical site. What is
the nurse's responsibility in assessing this patient's wound? - ANSWER>>Wait until the health
care provider orders the removal of the surgical dressing.
Which wound would be allowed to heal by secondary intention? - ANSWER>>Infected
hysterectomy incision
Before performing a wound assessment, which nursing action would reduce the patient's risk
for infection? - ANSWER>>Applying clean gloves
Which intervention can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) in caring for a
patient with a wound? - ANSWER>>Reporting the presence of wound odor
The nurse notes that a patient's surgical wound is healing slowly. Which health problem would
contribute to slow wound healing? - ANSWER>>Diabetes mellitus
Which practice protects the nurse from infection when changing the dressing on an infected
pressure injury? - ANSWER>>Use appropriate personal protective equipment.
The wound bed of a patient's pressure injury is red. What does this finding indicate to the
nurse? - ANSWER>>Granulation tissue
Which measurements would the nurse use to calculate the surface area of a patient's pressure
injury? - ANSWER>>Length and width
How would the nurse safely apply an enzyme debridement ointment? - ANSWER>>Apply
ointment to necrotic tissue in the wound while avoiding contact with surrounding skin.
Which action can the nurse delegate to nursing assistive personnel (NAP) to help prevent the
development of pressure injury in an older adult patient? - ANSWER>>Reposition the patient at
least every 2 hours.
, A patient complains of pain during a dressing change. What would be the most effective
intervention the nurse could initiate at the next dressing change in order to reduce the patient's
pain? - ANSWER>>Premedicate the patient with a prescribed analgesic 30 minutes before the
intervention.
Which action reduces the nurse's risk for infection when changing the dressing of an infected
abdominal wound? - ANSWER>>Use appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE).
What is the nurse's best response when additional bloody drainage appears on the initial
abdominal dressing of a patient who had surgery 7 hours ago? - ANSWER>>Further assess the
patient and the wound.
When changing a patient's surgical dressing 24 hours postoperatively, when would the nurse
apply sterile gloves? - ANSWER>>After removing the original dressing materials and performing
hand hygiene a second time
Which action would minimize the risk for cross-contamination while cleansing an infected
abdominal surgical wound? - ANSWER>>Using a new gauze pad for each stroke while cleansing
the wound
The health care provider writes an order for a culture specimen to be collected from a patient
with a dog bite wound. What would the nurse do first? - ANSWER>>Review the order to
determine the type of specimen to be collected.
Which action would the nurse take to reduce the risk for wound infection when collecting a
specimen for culture? - ANSWER>>The nurse would wear sterile gloves during specimen
collection in order to reduce the risk for wound infection.
Which question might the nurse ask the patient when an aerobic wound culture has been
ordered? - ANSWER>>"Do you have any pain at the wound site?"
Which instruction might the nurse give to the NAP to help ensure that a wound culture
specimen will be transported properly? - ANSWER>>"Take this specimen to the lab
immediately."
Which nursing action demonstrates proper procedure in the collection of a wound culture
specimen? - ANSWER>>Wearing clean gloves to remove soiled dressings minimizes the risk of
cross-contaminating the wound.
