What is the purpose of applying a warm, moist compress to a wound?

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: A warm, moist compress promotes wound healing by increasing blood flow, delivering oxygen and nutrients to the site, and keeping it moist to aid tissue repair and reduce scabbing. Encouraging infection is the opposite moisture must be clean to avoid this. Preventing blood flow contradicts warmth's vasodilating effect. Constricting vessels is cold's role, not warm's. Nurses apply this to enhance circulation and comfort, often for chronic or slow-healing wounds, supporting the body's natural recovery process with controlled application.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: Emptying the drainage container frequently prevents overflow, promoting comfort by avoiding leaks or pressure buildup that could irritate the wound site or distress the patient. Waiting until full risks mess and infection, reducing comfort. Discouraging observation might ease anxiety but doesn't address physical needs education can help instead. Limiting fluids alters drainage minimally and risks dehydration, not comfort. Nurses monitor and empty as needed, ensuring the system works smoothly, enhancing patient ease and trust in care.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: A fracture pan assists bedridden patients with impaired mobility by offering a low-profile, contoured bedpan that slides easily under hips, aiding elimination without excessive lifting or strain. Elevating legs isn't its role pillows do that. Larger space for movement doesn't apply; it's compact for function. Pressure ulcer prevention relates to positioning, not pans its focus is toileting. Nurses use it for fractured or post-surgical patients, ensuring hygiene and comfort with minimal disruption, a specialized tool for dependent care.

Correct Answer: D

Rationale: Securing the catheter tubing to the leg promotes safety by preventing tugging or dislodgement during bathroom use, reducing infection or injury risk. Loose tubing trips or pulls the catheter out. Pulling on it intentionally harms patients need guidance against this. Disconnecting breaches sterility, inviting germs. Nurses use straps or tape, ensuring slack for movement but firmness for stability, maintaining catheter function and patient safety in daily activities.

Correct Answer: B

Rationale: This is a policy a facility-wide rule setting a standard for client nutrition, ensuring consistency and care quality. Privacy involves confidentiality, not meal schedules. Procedure details how to implement (e.g., serving steps), not the rule itself. A problem implies an issue, not a directive. Health care aides follow policies to meet nutritional needs, reporting deviations (e.g., refusal) to supervisors. Understanding this as a policy clarifies their role in upholding it, not creating or troubleshooting it, a structural guide for daily practice.