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madam-professor

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The nurse is caring for a patient who is bleeding. To control bleeding, she would apply a _____ dressing.
 
  a. pressure
  b. alginate
  c. foam
  d. hydrocolloid

Question 2

_________________ is the volume of urine in the bladder after a normal voiding.
 
  Fill in the blanks with correct word



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Answer to Question 1

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Apply a pressure dressing to control bleeding, but when wound drainage is present, use a highly absorbent dressing. Use an alginate, foam, or hydrocolloid dressing in a noninfected wound that is draining a moderate to large amount of exudate.

Answer to Question 2

Residual urine
Residual urine, also referred to as postvoid residual (PVR), is the volume of urine in the bladder after a normal voiding.





 

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