Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Graded A

Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Graded A 1. The nurse instructs a patient who has a drain in a surgical wound that the wound will heal by: ry intention. dary intention. ary intention. erate intention. ary intention. When wounds are kept open by a drain, they heal by tertiary intention. -delayed primary intention -practitioner leaves a contaminated wound open and closes it later, after the infection is controlled by suturing two layers of granulation tissue together. pg. 616 1:primary intention: skin edges are closed: Fine scar 2: secondary intention: skin edges are not closed together or when pus has formed: Large scar 3: Tertiary: wound is open and closed later. 2. To assist the postoperative patient to cough, the nurse: rts the patient's back. s an antitussive. ts the abdomen with a pillow. patient against the bedside table. ts the abdomen with a pillow. To assist a postoperative patient to cough, splinting the abdomen with pillow, hands, or a towel roll is helpful to relieve stress on the suture line. pg 618 *3. The day following surgery, the nurse notes bloody drainage on the dressing. The nurse will record this drainage as: anguineous. ineous. s. ent. ineous. The term sanguineous means bloody. It is indicative of active bleeding. -Serous: Clear, watery plasma -Purulent: Thick, yellow, green, tan, or brown -Serosanguineous: Pale, red, watery, mixture of serous and sanguineous -Sanguineous: bright, red, indicative active bleeding pg. 619 Box: 22.2