- Your patient is 75 years old, smokes cigarettes, hasrenal disease, and is overweight. What additional factors shouldyou consider prior to assessing the patient’swound?
- What phase of wound healing is indicated by thepresence of epithelialization and wound contraction?
- Your patient has a post-operative hip incision. Younotice that the wound is slightly inflamed and not approximated,with some yellowish exudate present. What would be your nextsteps?
- As you select your supplies, you notice that thesterile saline container was opened exactly 24 hours ago. Whatwould be your next steps?
- What is the purpose of applying Steri-Strips to theincision after removing sutures?
- Which health care provider is responsible for assessingthe wound prior to removing sutures?
- You are about to remove your patient’s abdominalincision staples according to the physician’s orders. As you startto remove the staples, you notice that the skin edges of theincision line are separating. What would be your nextsteps?
- Your patient informs you that he is feeling significantpain as you begin to remove his staples. What would you donext?
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