Question

The registered nurse is overseeing a nursing student who is providing a dressing change to a patient who had a cesarean section. which nursing action indicates a need for further learning?

Answer 1

The nurse conducting wound care should choose a dressing that keeps the periwound skin dry and the surgical wound bed moist to contribute healing. The dressing used for wound care should control exudate from the wound, but it should not desiccate the wound bed. There must be a pressure in application while cleaning the periwound and wound may deepend the wound bed. Using sterile normal saline and a sterile gauze to clean the surgical wound reduces the incidences of infection.