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Skin Integrity & Wound Care Exam Questions and Answers | 100% Correct The nurse determines that the client's wound may be infected. To perform an aerobic wound culture, the nurse should: 1. Collect the superficial drainage 2. Collect the culture before cleansing the wound 3. Obtain a culturette tube and use sterile technique 4. Use the same technique as for collecting an anaerobic culture -Answer-ANS: 3 The nurse uses different methods of specimen collection for aerobic or anaerobic or...

RN 31 Skin and Wound Care Vocab Exam Questions and Answers abrasion -Answer-scraping or rubbing away of a surface, such as skin, by friction ex. linear scratches (can be intentional or unintentional) laceration -Answer-tissue that is torn (has irregular wound edges) incision -Answer-cut made by a knife/scalpel denuded -Answer-removal of protective layer (removing macerated skin) contusion -Answer-a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise...

WOCN Wound Care RN Exam Prep 2024 Steps to heal by Secondary Intention -Answer-Formation of granulation tissue, contraction of the wound bed edges, and epithelialization Partial thickness repair -Answer-Inflammatory response, epithelial proliferation and migration, epidermal reestablishment and differentiation What characterizes a chronic wound healing environment -Answer-Low levels of growth factors and receptor sites. They are needed to move cells out of the inflammatory phase and into ...

WOCN Wound Test 1 Questions and Answers | 100% Correct Erosion -Answer-superficial denuded lesion of epidermis Fissure -Answer-linear crack in the skin extending into the dermis or deeper ulcer -Answer-deeper lesion extending inthe dermis or below crust -Answer-scab composed of dried exudate of body fluid, blood, or pus scale -Answer-accumulation of loose exudate of body fluid, blood, or pus atrophy of subcutaneous tissue -Answer-increases the risk of pressure injury due to the decreased...

WOCN Wound Exam Questions and Answers Goals of wound assessment -Answer-1. Determine etiologic factors 2. Assess systemic factors/comorbidities 3. Assess wound to determine phase of healing 4. Determine goals of topical therapy Why does hyperglycemia affect wound healing? -Answer-Impairs leukocyte function and negatively impacts collagen syntehesis, development of tensile strength, epithelial resurfacing What BG parameters should be maintained for wound healing? -Answer-BG <180 for l...

WOCN Wound Exam Questions and Answers Goals of wound assessment -Answer-1. Determine etiologic factors 2. Assess systemic factors/comorbidities 3. Assess wound to determine phase of healing 4. Determine goals of topical therapy Why does hyperglycemia affect wound healing? -Answer-Impairs leukocyte function and negatively impacts collagen syntehesis, development of tensile strength, epithelial resurfacing What BG parameters should be maintained for wound healing? -Answer-BG <180 for l...

Wound Care Exam Questions and Answers Skin integrity -Answer--open: break in skin/mucous membrane ex. surgical insicsion, vena pucture, injection -closed: no break in skin ex. bone fracture, visceral organ damage -acute: heal in orderly & timely manner, happen suddenly, disrupts blood vessels, series of events w wound clotting and closure, 3-4 week heal, need little intervention ex. stab wound, paper cut, surgical incision -chronic: does not heal in orderly & timely manner, occur over ti...

Wound Care Exam 1 (1st half) Questions and Answers Skin Facts -Answer--Size: 2 square meters -Weight: 15% TBW -Recieves 1/3 of total circulation. -Largest Organ Skin Functions -Answer--Thermoregulation -Protection -Immunity -Sensation -Metabolism -Communication Epidermal Appendages (Skin) -Answer--Nails -Hair Follicles -Sweat glands Epidermis (Layers--superficial to deep) -Answer--Stratum corneum -stratum lucidum -stratum granulosum stratum spinosum -stratum basle Epidermis -A...

Wound Care Exam 1 (1st half) Questions and Answers Skin Facts -Answer--Size: 2 square meters -Weight: 15% TBW -Recieves 1/3 of total circulation. -Largest Organ Skin Functions -Answer--Thermoregulation -Protection -Immunity -Sensation -Metabolism -Communication Epidermal Appendages (Skin) -Answer--Nails -Hair Follicles -Sweat glands Epidermis (Layers--superficial to deep) -Answer--Stratum corneum -stratum lucidum -stratum granulosum stratum spinosum -stratum basle Epidermis -A...

Wound Care WOCN Exam Questions and Answers TEWL -Answer-Transepidermal water loss What is the most common type of skin cancer? -Answer-basal cell carcinoma (BCC) How does basal cell carcinoma present? -Answer-"pearl like" translucent papule with central ulceration What is the second most common type of skin cancer? -Answer-Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) How does squamous cell carcinoma present? -Answer-Enlarging keratotic papule ABCDEs of melanoma -Answer-Asymmetric, border irregular, c...