WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
1. The key factor in healing an arterial ulcer is: REVASCULARIZATION - If
ischemia is not
corrected , wound
healing will not oc- cur
despite tropical treat-
ment .
2. Which of the following locations would MOST likely be Lateral aspect
of the fifth
associated with a neuroischemic ulcer? metatarsophalangeal joint
Heel
Lateral aspect of the fifth metatarsophalangealother common locations are
joint Medial malleolus the margins of the foot
Plantar metatarsal head , tips of the toes , and be-
neath any toe nails
3. What is the deepest layer of tissue affected in a Stage
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE .
3 pressure A Stage 3 is a full thickness
injury? tissue loss involving
the epidermis ,
dermis and into but
not through sub-
cutaneous fat
4. What is the deepest layer of tissue that can be affected DERMIS .
STAGE 2 is a par-
in a Stage 2 pressure injury? injury to
the right
ischial
tuberosity
5. Your patient has an unstageable pressure covered in
,WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
50% slough tis- thickness tissue loss
involving the epidermis ,
dermis or both
STAGE 3 .
Slough will never be pre-
sue. Once the slough is removed, what is the LOWEST sent in Stage
1 or Stage
stage that can be 2 so the lowest stage
revealed? this pressure injury
can once the extent
of tissue dam-
,WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
age can be confirmed
will be a Stage 3 .
6. Your patient has a deep tissue pressure injury UNSTAGEABLE ,
to the right heel. It is now 100% covered by
a thin layer of eschar. How would you stage
this pressure injury?
STAGE 1
7. Intact skin with a localized area (usually over a
bony prominence) of non-blanchable erythema
describes a Stage:
DEEP TISSUE INJURY
8. You notice an area of intact skin over the left
heel of a patient that is purple in color and non-
blanchable. How would you stage this
wound? EPIBOLE - IS A ROLLED
/ CURLED UNDER
9. What condition is described as having wound
edges that curl under? EDGES FROM
EPITHELIAL TIS-
SUEMIGRATING
DOWN SIDES OF THE
WOUND IN- STEAD
OF ACROSS
10. A peri-wound skin that is white and wrinkled would be
MACERATION
called:
11. Circulation and sweating are the processes the 13. All of the
body uses to accomplish what? following
can cause
12. A positive Stemmer's sign indicates which lymphede
disease process? ma
, WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
EXCEPT: Chemotherapy THERMOREGULATION
Developmental abnormality
LYMPHEDEMA
CHEMOTHERAPY.
PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA
IS ATTRIBUTED TO
DEVEL-
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
1. The key factor in healing an arterial ulcer is: REVASCULARIZATION - If
ischemia is not
corrected , wound
healing will not oc- cur
despite tropical treat-
ment .
2. Which of the following locations would MOST likely be Lateral aspect
of the fifth
associated with a neuroischemic ulcer? metatarsophalangeal joint
Heel
Lateral aspect of the fifth metatarsophalangealother common locations are
joint Medial malleolus the margins of the foot
Plantar metatarsal head , tips of the toes , and be-
neath any toe nails
3. What is the deepest layer of tissue affected in a Stage
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE .
3 pressure A Stage 3 is a full thickness
injury? tissue loss involving
the epidermis ,
dermis and into but
not through sub-
cutaneous fat
4. What is the deepest layer of tissue that can be affected DERMIS .
STAGE 2 is a par-
in a Stage 2 pressure injury? injury to
the right
ischial
tuberosity
5. Your patient has an unstageable pressure covered in
,WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
50% slough tis- thickness tissue loss
involving the epidermis ,
dermis or both
STAGE 3 .
Slough will never be pre-
sue. Once the slough is removed, what is the LOWEST sent in Stage
1 or Stage
stage that can be 2 so the lowest stage
revealed? this pressure injury
can once the extent
of tissue dam-
,WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
age can be confirmed
will be a Stage 3 .
6. Your patient has a deep tissue pressure injury UNSTAGEABLE ,
to the right heel. It is now 100% covered by
a thin layer of eschar. How would you stage
this pressure injury?
STAGE 1
7. Intact skin with a localized area (usually over a
bony prominence) of non-blanchable erythema
describes a Stage:
DEEP TISSUE INJURY
8. You notice an area of intact skin over the left
heel of a patient that is purple in color and non-
blanchable. How would you stage this
wound? EPIBOLE - IS A ROLLED
/ CURLED UNDER
9. What condition is described as having wound
edges that curl under? EDGES FROM
EPITHELIAL TIS-
SUEMIGRATING
DOWN SIDES OF THE
WOUND IN- STEAD
OF ACROSS
10. A peri-wound skin that is white and wrinkled would be
MACERATION
called:
11. Circulation and sweating are the processes the 13. All of the
body uses to accomplish what? following
can cause
12. A positive Stemmer's sign indicates which lymphede
disease process? ma
, WCC REVIEW EXAM 3 QUESTIONS & DETAILED
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS UPDATED VERSION
EXCEPT: Chemotherapy THERMOREGULATION
Developmental abnormality
LYMPHEDEMA
CHEMOTHERAPY.
PRIMARY LYMPHEDEMA
IS ATTRIBUTED TO
DEVEL-
