EXERCISES, LESSON 4

INSTRUCTIONS: The following multiple-choice exercises are to be answered by writing the letter of the response that best answers the question or best completes the incomplete statement on a separate sheet of paper. After you have completed all of the lesson exercises, turn to “Solutions to Exercises” following the lesson exercises and check your answers.

1. A sterile dressing is used to:

a. Protect the wound from bacteria in the environment.

b. Protect the environment from bacteria in the wound.

c. Both a and b.

2. Which one of the following is a dressing with a plastic-like coating on one side?

a. Abdominal pad.

b. Gauze sponge.

c. Petrolatum gauze.

d. Telfa pad.

3. You wish to use a tape to secure a dressing, which allows the skin beneath the tape to “breathe” (have air exchange). You can use:

a. Adhesive tape.

b. Hypoallergenic tape.

c. Plastic tape.

d. Either hypoallergenic tape or plastic tape.

4. A wound can be irrigated in order to:

a. Remove foreign matter.

b. Remove bacteria.

c. Instill medication.

d. Choices a and b above.

e. Choices a, b, and c above.

5. When preparing a wound for an operative treatment, you should cleanse the area around the wound with a povidone-iodine solution:

a. Before you shave the area around the wound.

b. After you shave the area around the wound.

c. Both before and after you shave the area around the wound.

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SOLUTIONS TO EXERCISES, LESSON 4

1. c (para 4-1a)

2. d (para 4-2c)

3. d (paras 4-3b(2),(3))

4. e (para 4-9)

5. c (paras 4-13b,c,d)