The nurse applies dressing on the bleeding site. This intervention is done to:

Allow the pus to surface faster
Reduce the need to change dressing frequently
Promote hemostasis
Protect the wound from microorganisms in the air

The question from the test: Nursing practice i � foundation of professional nu.

After the treatment, the client is sent home and asked to come back for follow-up care. Your responsibilities when the client is to be discharged include the following EXCEPT:

Situation 10 - While working in the clinic, a new client, Geline, 35 years old, arrives for her doctor's appointment. As the clinic nurse, you are to assist the client fill up forms, gather data and make an assessment.

46. The purpose of your initial nursing interview is to:

While interviewing Geline, she starts to moan and doubles up in pain. She tells you that this pain occurs about an hour after taking black coffee without breakfast for a few weeks now. You will record this as follows:

Geline tells you that she drinks black coffee frequently within the day to 'have energy and be wide awake' and she eats nothing for breakfast and eats strictly vegetable salads for lunch and dinner to lose weight. She has lost weight during the past two weeks. In planning a healthy balanced diet with Geline, you will:

Geline tells you that she drinks 4-5 cups of black coffee and diet cola drinks. She also smokes up to a pack of cigarettes daily. She confesses that she is in her 2nd month of pregnancy but does not want to become fat that is why she limits her food intake. You warn or caution her about which of the following?