Integumentary: Applying Abdominal Binders

As a nursing assistant, you may help provide care to clients who are recovering after surgery. These clients often need to have an abdominal binder applied, which is a wide band of elastic or cotton material that fits around the abdomen and does a variety of things. It helps keep dressings and bandages in place and speed up wound and incision healing; it also supports muscles, relieves pain, promotes deep breathing, and minimizes swelling and fluid buildup.