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WCC Final Exam – Questions & Answers

Wound Care Questions and Answers Rated A+ Primary Function of Skin Disruption Protection from trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical, radiant) What are the results of impaired skin integrity? Loss of body fluids and risk for infection Skin Lesion Pathological or traumatic discontinuity of TISSUE Etiology: Skin Lesions Mechanical injuries, pathological changes, allergies, bites Primary Lesion Initial or first lesion to occur ex: mosquito bite Secondary Lesion Change in the p...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Passed Before performing a wound assessment, which nursing action would reduce the patient's risk for infection? A. Taking the patient's temperature B. Applying clean gloves C. Assessing the wound for drainage D. Assessing the dressing for drainage B. Applying clean gloves Which wound would be allowed to heal by secondary intention? A. Cleft lip repair B. Infected hysterectomy incision C. Exploratory laparoscopy incision D. Facial lace...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Latest Update Graded A+ A nurse is selecting dressings for a client who has a full-thickness pressure injury and is experiencing considerable pain during dressing changes, despite administration of the prescribed analgesic prior to wound care. Which of the following types of dressings should the nurse select to help minimize the pain of dressing changes? -Wet-to-dry -Abdominal pads (ABD) -Dry gauze -Hydrogel Hydrogel A nurse is caring for a clie...

Wound Care Terminology Latest Version 100% Correct abrasion An injury caused by rubbing or scraping that results in the loss of the superficial layer of skin or epidermis and or dermis and may involve the mucous membrane Blanching When pressure is applied to a reddened area (inflammation) the area under the pressure becomes white Contraction Shrinking is size. In wound healing, contraction occurs around the edges of the wound causing the wound size to become smaller. It is importa...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Passed A nurse is caring for a patient with a wound on the right arm. The wound is covered by a bandage. What would be the priority nursing assessment when inspecting the skin that is distal to the bandage? Circulatory Impairment A patient is assessed 30 minutes after a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal), and 2 mL of drainage is noted in the Jackson-Pratt drainage system. After 3 hours the nurse notices that there has been no additional dr...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Graded A+ Evidence-based wound care helps ensure: Patient adherence to recommendations Quality and effectiveness in wound care The ability to bill for services Wound care supplies are on a formulary Quality and effectiveness in wound care What is a standard of care? Actions a clinician takes aimed at achieving specific healthcare goals for a patient Actions a practitioner takes to evaluate studies and other sources of evidence for care Actio...

Quizzes for Wound Care Latest 2024 Already Passed Organize the phases of wound proliferation in order of occurrence. Angiogenesis Wound Contraction Epithelialization Granulation Formation Angiogenesis Granulation Formation Wound Contraction Epithelialization Which of the following factors can lead to prolonged wound healing? a. location with decreased vascularity b. areas of thinner skin c. temp above 98.5 d. presence of microbes e. tylenol a. location with decreased vascu...

Wound Care Quiz Questions and Answers Rated A+ The color assessment of wound exudate focuses on: Color, consistency, odor, amount There are approximately 2,000 wound care products available to clinicians, of those products approximately ______ are dressings 500 Besides nurses, what other role/s are involved in the management of wounds A. Physicians B. Infectious Disease Specialists C. Psychiatrists D. All of the above D. All of the above Which of the following are clinical go...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Passed What cells are major players in healing? Platelets, neutrophils, macrophages, and fibroblasts What are the 3 phases of healing Inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling How long should a wound take for closure of a chronic wound? 2 years Can a wound be stuck in the inflammatory phase yes What is the term for a wound in the epidermis/dermis layer? partial thickness Can a wound have excessive exudate and not be infected? Yes, e...

Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Graded A 1. The nurse instructs a patient who has a drain in a surgical wound that the wound will heal by: ry intention. dary intention. ary intention. erate intention. ary intention. When wounds are kept open by a drain, they heal by tertiary intention. -delayed primary intention -practitioner leaves a contaminated wound open and closes it later, after the infection is controlled by suturing two layers of granulation tissue together...