ATI LPN
Foundations and Adult Health Nursing Test Bank
Chapter 22 Questions
Question 1 of 5
The nurse is instructing a patient who has a drain in a surgical wound. How will the nurse indicate that the wound will heal?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: When wounds are kept open by a drain, they heal by tertiary intention.
Question 2 of 5
What technique will the nurse implement to assist the postoperative patient to cough?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale:
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.
Question 3 of 5
The day following surgery the nurse notes bloody drainage on the dressing. How will the nurse describe this drainage when documenting?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The term sanguineous means bloody. It is indicative of active bleeding.
Question 4 of 5
What is the advantage of an occlusive dressing?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Occlusive dressings keep the incision moist and increase epithelialization.
Question 5 of 5
When removing the dressing on a patient the nurse discovers that the gauze dressing has adhered to the wound. What intervention should the nurse implement?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: When a dressing has adhered to the wound, the nurse may moisten the dressing with sterile water or sterile normal saline to loosen it.