Author Question: The student nurse understands that there are values that all nurses share. The core characteristic ... (Read 12 times)

Mimi · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The student nurse understands that there are values that all nurses share. The core characteristic of nursing is:

1. Precision.
2. Brevity.
3. Caring.
4. Problem solving.

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a client in the Emergency Department who was in a motor vehicle accident. The client has deep, jagged cuts on both legs with a great deal of road debris in the wounds.

The nurse is preparing to document the assessment of the wounds, and describes which of the following? 1. Large, contaminated lacerations on both legs
2. Clean, closed puncture wounds to both legs
3. Intentional, dirty abrasions on both legs
4. Open lacerations on both legs

aruss1303 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

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Rationale 1: This is a crucial quality in nursing, but not the core characteristic on which nursing is built.

Answer to Question 2

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Rationale: Deep, jagged tears of the skin are lacerations. In this case, there is debris in the wounds, which classifies them as contaminated. The wounds described are not puncture wounds, and the debris in the wound would exclude them from being clean wounds.