WOUND CARE WCEI FINAL TEST PAPER
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Dressing changes are done with _______ technique.
Answer: clean/aseptic
●● Label dressing with.
Answer: date and time
●● Dressing types.
Answer: primary and secondary
●● Primary dressing is.
Answer: a therapeutic or protective covering applied directly to wounds
or lesions
●● Secondary dressing is.
Answer: materials that serve therapeutic or protective function and are
needed to secure a primary dressing. (adhesive tape, roll gauze, elastic
bandages)
●● Cleanse healing wounds with.
,Answer: normal saline or potable water (water suitable for drinking)
●● Normal saline.
Answer: will not harm tissue, recommended for wounds that have
exposed bone; cost effective; once opened must be used within 24 hours
or discarded
●● Recipe for normal saline.
Answer: 2 tsp salt to 1 liter of boiling water OR 8 tsp salt to 1 gallon
boiling water
●● Use cleansing solutions with surfactants and/or antimicrobials to
clean wounds with.
Answer: debris, confirmed infection, suspected infection, or suspected
high levels of bacterial colonization
●● Surfactants.
Answer: agents that facilitate removal of wound contaminants; each
molecule has a hydrophilic (water-loving) head that is attracted to water
molecules and a hydrophoci (water-hating) tail that repels water and
simultaneously attaches itself to wound contaminants, oil, or grease. The
opposing forces loosen the particles and suspend it in the water
●● Skin cleansers formulated to remove fecal matter (should/should not)
be used on open wound.
, Answer: should not
●● Temperature of solutions for cleansing should be at.
Answer: room temperature or warmer
●● It can take up to ___ minutes after cleansing for a wound to regain
original temperature and up to 3 hours for miotic cell division and
leukocytic activity to return to normal.
Answer: 40
●● Alginates.
Answer: dressings with calcium and sodium fibers made from seaweed,
spun into rope or flat dressing form
●● Alginates are used for.
Answer: full thickness wounds or partial thickness wounds with
moderate to heavy exudate, bleeding wounds; absorption of exudate, fill
in dead space, maintains moist healing environment and facilitate
autolytic debridement
●● Alginates can absorb up to ___ times their weight.
Answer: 20
●● Do not use Alginate dressings on.
2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED
●● Dressing changes are done with _______ technique.
Answer: clean/aseptic
●● Label dressing with.
Answer: date and time
●● Dressing types.
Answer: primary and secondary
●● Primary dressing is.
Answer: a therapeutic or protective covering applied directly to wounds
or lesions
●● Secondary dressing is.
Answer: materials that serve therapeutic or protective function and are
needed to secure a primary dressing. (adhesive tape, roll gauze, elastic
bandages)
●● Cleanse healing wounds with.
,Answer: normal saline or potable water (water suitable for drinking)
●● Normal saline.
Answer: will not harm tissue, recommended for wounds that have
exposed bone; cost effective; once opened must be used within 24 hours
or discarded
●● Recipe for normal saline.
Answer: 2 tsp salt to 1 liter of boiling water OR 8 tsp salt to 1 gallon
boiling water
●● Use cleansing solutions with surfactants and/or antimicrobials to
clean wounds with.
Answer: debris, confirmed infection, suspected infection, or suspected
high levels of bacterial colonization
●● Surfactants.
Answer: agents that facilitate removal of wound contaminants; each
molecule has a hydrophilic (water-loving) head that is attracted to water
molecules and a hydrophoci (water-hating) tail that repels water and
simultaneously attaches itself to wound contaminants, oil, or grease. The
opposing forces loosen the particles and suspend it in the water
●● Skin cleansers formulated to remove fecal matter (should/should not)
be used on open wound.
, Answer: should not
●● Temperature of solutions for cleansing should be at.
Answer: room temperature or warmer
●● It can take up to ___ minutes after cleansing for a wound to regain
original temperature and up to 3 hours for miotic cell division and
leukocytic activity to return to normal.
Answer: 40
●● Alginates.
Answer: dressings with calcium and sodium fibers made from seaweed,
spun into rope or flat dressing form
●● Alginates are used for.
Answer: full thickness wounds or partial thickness wounds with
moderate to heavy exudate, bleeding wounds; absorption of exudate, fill
in dead space, maintains moist healing environment and facilitate
autolytic debridement
●● Alginates can absorb up to ___ times their weight.
Answer: 20
●● Do not use Alginate dressings on.
