Exam 1: NR224/ NR 224 Fundamentals Skills
Exam| Questions and Answers (2023/ 2024
Update) – Chamberlain
Q: what are complications of wound healing?
Answer:
hemorrhage, infection, dehiscence, and evisceration
Q: What test is done when a patient is suspected to have an infection due to a wound? What
does this test tell us?
Answer:
wound culture insensitivity test; it tells us what bacteria is growing and what antibiotic would
work best
Q: Can a pressure ulcer go from a stage 3 to a stage 2 pressure ulcer?
Answer:
No! A stage 3 pressure ulcer goes to a healing/healed stage 3 pressure ulcer.
Q: – repositioning every 2 hours
- keep skin dry
- assessing nutritional status
- padding bony structures
- pain assessments
- monitoring fluid status
Answer:
preventative measures of pressure ulcers
Q: What are the 2 types of wound healing?
Answer:
primary and secondary intention
Q: heals from the outside in; wound edges are approximated
Answer:
primary intention healing
Q: heals from the inside out; wound edges are not approximated
Answer:
secondary intention healing
Q: a black wound has _? Answer: dark eschar Q: a yellow wound has ?
Answer:
yellow wound bed with slough; chronic would
Q: Can a nurse remove slough and eschar from a wound?