16. You are caring for an 86-year-old patient with diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis. This patient has a large abdom

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16. You are caring for an 86-year-old patient with diabetes, hypertension, and arthritis. This patient has a large abdominal wound that requires irrigation daily; the wound is draining yellowish exudate. You are preparing to perform a sterile wound irrigation for this patient. Assuming all of the following supplies and actions are needed for this patient interaction, and following the sequence of Skill 38.2, place the fol- lowing steps in the correct order. (Not all steps are included.) Steps in the Correct Order Potential Steps Don sterile gloves. Prepare the irrigation solution. Apply the sterile dressing. Gently irrigate the wound. Remove the soiled dressing. Draw up the solution to be used. Remove sterile gloves/perform hand hygiene. Check provider orders. Document procedure. Remove clean gloves/perform hand hygiene. Perform hand hygiene and don clean gloves. 17. You are the charge nurse at a rehabilitation center. Your resident population consists of many older adults with a variety of wounds. Today, you are teaching the CNAs about the different types of dress- ings they will encounter as they take care of residents on your unit. In answering their questions, you share the knowledge that you have gained while working on this unit. Choose the most likely options for the information missing from the statements below by selecting from the options provided. You ex- plain to the CNAs the following information: A protective dressing such as a transparent film is often used for a stage _1__injury. A foam dress- ing might be used for a stage _2_injury. A hydrogel dressing might be used for stage _3_or 4_ injury. Regardless of the dressing used, though, it is very important to make sure there is no on any dressing, especially for deep tissue pressure injuries. It is also very important 8 to the to report any changes, such as 5 6 or nurse. . . Answer Options: Drainage Redness Loose dressing Tape Pressure 1 2 3 4 . .