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HLT51612 Diploma of Enrolled Nursing (Division 2) - Summative Assessment
Date issued: Date Due:
UNIT NAME HLTEN506B
UNIT TITLE Apply Principles of Wound Management in the Clinical Environment.
ASSESSMENT C2: What is that?
Marking Guide
• Word Limit of 200 words per answer.
• Candidates are required to adhere to the Assessment Guidelines in their submission.
• Referencing used must be Harvard style and appropriate quality references are used. A selection of web sites, books and journals as sources for gathering of information is required not just dependant on web site information.
Questions/Tasks
This assignment requires the candidate to research information on dressings and bandages used in Nursing.
Part One
Dressings
Candidates are to research each of the following dressings listed –
• Film Dressing
• Hydrocolloid dressings
• Foam dressings
• Alginate dressings
• Hydrofibre dressings
• Hydroactive dressings
• Hydrogels
• Cadexomer Iodine Dressings
• Silver
C2 What is that
HLT51612 Diploma of Enrolled Nursing (Division 2) - Summative Assessment
The following criteria must be addressed –
• Identify if the dressing type is it absorbing or non-absorbing • What type of wound is this dressing type used on?
• What is the dressing made of?
• Which type of wound should avoid this selection of dressing?
• Considerations of use of this dressing type e.g. cost, removal.
• Name at least three brands of each dressing type and try to either provide a picture or description of it.
Part Two
Bandages
Candidates are to research each of the following bandages listed -
? Retention Bandage
? Compression Bandage
? Support Bandage
? High stretch compression bandages
? Zinc paste bandages
? Collar and Cuff
The following criteria must be addressed –
• Describe when and why these would be used on a patient
• Any special considerations to be adhered to when bandaging?
C2 What is that

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