Practice Question
When preparing to change a sterile dressing over an incision, it is most important to remember to:
Answer Choices:
Correct Answer:
Change gloves after removing the old dressing.
Rationale:
🟡 Changing gloves after removing the old dressing is essential to prevent cross-contamination and maintain sterile technique during the dressing change.
🟡 Wearing the same gloves increases the risk of introducing pathogens to the wound.
🟡 While patient cooperation and positioning are important, maintaining sterility is paramount.
🟡 Having a discard bag nearby facilitates efficient disposal but is secondary to infection control practices.
🟡 Minimizing talking is helpful but does not substitute proper aseptic technique.
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This question is from ATI PN Custom Fundamentals CH38 Exam which contains 50 questions.
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A nurse performing a right eye irrigation will position the patient:
Answer Choices:
A. Supine with the head tilted toward the right eye.
B. Upright with the head tilted toward the left eye.
C. Upright with the head hyperextended.
D. Supine with the head hyperextended.
While assessing the client's abdomen, you note that the Jackson-Pratt drain's reservoir is expanded and half full of blood. Which is the appropriate action for you to take at this time?
Answer Choices:
A. Leave it until the end of the shift.
B. Remove the drain.
C. Empty the reservoir.
D. Notify the surgeon about the blood loss.
The nurse changing a wet to dry normal saline dressing for a patient with an ulcer on the heel finds that the old dressing is stuck to the wound bed. The nurse's most beneficial intervention would be to:
Answer Choices:
A. Moisten it with povidone iodine.
B. Pull it off using slow, steady pressure.
C. Add normal saline to loosen it.
D. Leave it in place and cover it with new, wet dressings.
The nurse is performing a dry sterile dressing change for an abdominal wound. The nurse should use a swab to clean:
Answer Choices:
A. From the left to the right across the wound.
B. From the outer abdomen toward the wound.
C. In a circular motion around the wound, circling to the outside.
D. Directly over the wound.
A nurse is collecting data on a client who has a stage 1 pressure injury. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Answer Choices:
A. Full thickness skin loss with visible adipose tissue.
B. Full thickness skin loss with visible bone.
C. Intact skin with localized erythema.
D. Partial-thickness skin loss with red tissue in the wound bed.
Question Details
- Category: LPN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: LPN ATI Exams
- Domain: Fundamentals of Nursing
- Answer Choices: 4