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Chapter 53- Bandages and Binders

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Textbook of Basic Nursing (Lippincott's Practical Nursing) Tenth Edition by Caroline Bunker Rosdahl, Mary T. Kowalski

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Chapter 53- Bandages and Binders

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1.	When the client’s condition requires the application of bandages or binders, understanding reasons for their use and performing correct safe application techniques are important. The nurse is reviewing with a group of student nurses the purposes and therapeutic benefits of bandages and binders. What is the best response by the student nurse about the purposes and therapeutic benefits of bandages and binders? 1. Supports a limb or joint 2. Supports a wound or incision 3. Holds dressings in place 4. Holds a pad to prevent drainage from wound leaking
	A)	1, 2, 3
	B)	1, 2, 4
	C)	1, 3, 4
	D)	2, 3, 4

2.	When the client’s condition requires the application of bandages or binders, understanding reasons for their use and performing correct safe application techniques are important. The nurse is reviewing with a group of student nurses the purposes and therapeutic benefits of bandages and binders. What is the best response by the student nurse about the reasons for providing compression with the use of a bandage or binder? 1. To maintain immobilization of a joint or limb 2. To promote venous return 3. To prevent edema 4. To prevent contractures
	A)	1, 2, 3
	B)	1, 2, 4
	C)	1, 3, 4
	D)	2, 3, 4

3.	The nurse has to apply an elasticized bandage around the client’s lower limb. What is the best purpose and therapeutic benefit of the application of an elasticized bandage around the client’s limb by the nurse?
	A)	To provide muscle or joint support
	B)	To hold dressings in place
	C)	To provide a pad to absorb drainage
	D)	To hold a splint in place

4.	The nurse is using a roller bandage on a client. What are the most common reasons for for applying the roller bandage to the client?
	A)	To support the abdominal muscles and to hold a dressing in place
	B)	To enable frequent dressing changes
	C)	To support a dressing and to exert pressure over a bleeding point
	D)	To ensure adequate return circulation to the heart and to prevent blood clots

5.	The nurse has applied a bandage to a lower extremity on a client. The nurse has to evaluate the status of the extremity encased in the bandage by completing a peripheral neurovascular assessment with the RN. What observations and assessment have to be completed as part of the peripheral neurovascular assessment? 1. Skin color 2. Toe motion 3. Sensation in toes 4. Proximal pulses
	A)	1, 2, 3
	B)	1, 2, 4
	C)	1, 3, 4
	D)	2, 3, 4

Answer Key

1.	A
2.	D
3.	A
4.	C
5.	A

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