Question

63% An OTR is evaluating an outpatient client who has a wound on the dorsal surface of the hand. The OTR removes the alginate dressing, measures the size of the wound, inspects the condition of the tissue at the margins, and looks for signs of infection. What additional information is MOST IMPORTANT for the OTR to collect for the comprehensive assessment of the wound?

Answer 1

Answer:

Has bleeding stopped

Explanation:

One of the things that happens when a wound occurs is that it bleeds ,within no time you shall observe bleeding.

Yes the OTR has been able to identify the size of the wound, the condition of the tissue and the sign of infection, but how about bleeding, has bleeding stopped, how much blood has been lost due to bleeding. These are the signs and conditions the OTR didn't capture and it is very important ,because what if the patient has lost a lot of blood thereby leading to blood shortage ,if in the process of fixing the wound ,the blood of the patient is short and will need blood and no preparation has been made in providing blood is not been factored in the process, it can affect the healing of the wound on the patient.

So therefore, bleeding and amount of blood is very important that the OTR didn't capture in its analyses.