Which of the following would you include in a patient's postoperative wound care instructions?
A. Clean the wound every other day
B. Clean the wound with isopropyl alcohol
C. Change the dressing if it becomes wet, dirty, or soaked with blood
D. Cover the wound with a wet dressing
E. Remove the dressing after 12 hours
C. Change the dressing if it becomes wet, dirty, or soaked with blood
Instruct the patient to remove the dressing after the first 24 hours or if it becomes wet, dirty, or soaked with blood.
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Breath sounds in the pediatric population are more easily heard because:
A. their chest walls are thinner. B. the size of their lungs amplifies the sounds. C. the chest cavity is small in proportion to the rest of the body. D. children typically have upper airway problems.
In which of the following scenarios is the employee cataloging an image in an EHR?
A) An employee assigns descriptive keywords to a image file that has been imported into a patient's EHR. B) An employee receives a digital image from a patient's radiologist, then imports the image file into the patient's EHR. C) An employee deletes a digital image from a patient's EHR and replaces it with textual data that conveys the same information. D) An employee uses a scanner to create a digital version of a printed document, then imports the digital file into a patient's EHR.