A community health nurse is providing dressing changes for an older adult woman who has a chronic venous ulcer. When choosing a wound management strategy for this patient, what principle should guide the nurse's care regimen?
A) Dead tissue should remain undisturbed and allowed to naturally resorb.
B) Topical antibiotics should be kept in contact with the wound bed at all times.
C) Wound healing will occur most quickly if the wound bed is kept as moist as possible.
D) The wound exudate should be promptly removed from the wound bed.
Question 2
The nurse is trying to take a history from a cooperative but fearful older person with mild dementia. Which of the following would be the most therapeutic strategy to use for this interaction?
a. sit calmly in a chair next to the person and ask questions in a non-threatening manner
b. ask loud, direct questions
c. have the person write down the information on the chart
d. ask the family member instead of the person
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