ATI RN
ATI Fundamentals 100 Exam 4 Questions
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The client has an open wound on the sacrum with an order for the following: 'Apply hydrogel dressing on the wound. Change dressing every day.' The nurse recognizes that the primary purpose of this dressing is to:
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: The correct answer is C: provide moisture to the wound. Hydrogel dressings are designed to maintain a moist environment, promoting wound healing. The moisture helps facilitate autolytic debridement and reepithelialization.
Choice A is incorrect because hydrogel dressings do not primarily absorb wound drainage.
Choice B is incorrect as hydrogel dressings do not enhance healing by primary intention, but rather by secondary intention.
Choice D is incorrect since the primary purpose of hydrogel dressings is not to protect the wound from additional pressure but to provide a moist healing environment.
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