Author Question: A client has an ingrown toenail. About what self-management measure does the nurse teach the client? ... (Read 78 times)

serike · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

A client has an ingrown toenail. About what self-management measure does the nurse teach the client?

a. Long-term antibiotic use
b. Shoe padding
c. Toenail trimming
d. Warm moist soaks

Question 2

A client is admitted with a large draining wound on the leg. What action does the nurse take first?

a. Administer ordered antibiotics.
b. Insert an intravenous line.
c. Give pain medications if needed.
d. Obtain cultures of the leg wound.

cici · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Treatment of an ingrown toenail includes a podiatrist clipping away the ingrown part of the nail, warm moist soaks, and antibiotic ointment if needed. Antibiotics are not used long-term. Padding the shoes will not treat or prevent ingrown toenails. Clients should not attempt to trim ingrown nails themselves.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
The nurse first obtains wound cultures prior to administering broad-spectrum antibiotics. The nurse would need to start the IV prior to giving the antibiotics as they will most likely be parenteral. Pain should be treated but that is not the priority.