Question

145. a nurse is seeking ways to increase cost- effectiveness on the medical-surgical unit. In which of the following client care situations should the nurse intervene? An assistive personnel (AP) wears gloves while feeding a client who has hepatitis B Nurse uses sterile gauze pads to replace a dressing on a surgical wound An assistive personnel (AP) dons a mask when providing oral care for a client who has mycoplasma pneumonia A nurse discards a bottle od sterile saline after it has been open for 24hr.

Answer 1

Answer ; Nurse uses sterile gauze pads to replace dressing on a surgical wound.

Reason ; In the given scenario, the nurse is analyzing some practical way to reduce the cost in using certain instrument and things in the medical surgical unit. Above mentioned option states that the usage of sterile gauze pad is not an essential to replace the wound dressing, the replacement can be done by any other less cost alternative materials cause it is no more a sterile one over the wound. Other material referred in the options are very essential while performing those procedure. Hence the nurse may consider about the usage of sterile gauze.