A nurse is measuring the depth of a patient’s puncture wound.Which technique is recommended?a. Moisten a sterile, flexible applicator with saline and insertit gently into the wound at a 90-degree angle with the tipdown.b. Draw the shape of the wound and describe how deep itappears in centimeters.c. Gently insert a sterile applicator into the wound and moveit in a clockwise direction.d. Insert a calibrated probe gently into the wound and markthe point that is even with the surrounding skin surfacewith a marker.
A nurse is measuring the depth of a patient’s puncture wound.Which technique is recommended?a. Moisten a sterile, flexible applicator with saline and insertit gently into the wound at a 90-degree angle with the tipdown.b. Draw the shape of the wound and describe how deep itappears in centimeters.c. Gently insert a sterile applicator into the wound and moveit in a clockwise direction.d. Insert a calibrated probe gently into the wound and markthe point that is even with the surrounding skin surfacewith a marker.
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A nurse is measuring the depth of a patient’s puncture wound.
Which technique is recommended?
a. Moisten a sterile, flexible applicator with saline and insert
it gently into the wound at a 90-degree angle with the tip
down.
b. Draw the shape of the wound and describe how deep it
appears in centimeters.
c. Gently insert a sterile applicator into the wound and move
it in a clockwise direction.
d. Insert a calibrated probe gently into the wound and mark
the point that is even with the surrounding skin surface
with a marker.
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