FREQUENTLY ASKED NURSING QUESTIONS.

1.What will be your first action,if your patient abdominal wound dehisces and eviscerates?.

Answer: Assess your patient apply moist saline dressing over the wound and notify the doctor.

2.How do you contact the Surgeon when needed?.

Answer: Page the doctor. When you page the doctor you will put in the call back number where you can be reached.

3.Who pronounces the patient death?.

Answer: The doctor pronounces the patient dead.

4. Is 20seconds hand washing adequate if water and soap is used?.

Answer: That is correct CDC recommends 20seconds of thorough handwashing with soap and water.

5.What is the very first thing that you will do,if you incur a needle stick at work?.

Answer: The first thing to do is to wash the punched site with soap and water.

The next thing will be call and notify the supervisor, fill some form and go to employee health for some laboratory work.

Published by edochie99

A Registered Nurse with over twenty years of hospital experience, an author with Masters Degree in Nursing,also Bachelor Degree in Nursing,graduated in 1996 from USC,University of Southern California.MSN in 2009 University of Phoenix.

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