NFDN 2003 WOUND CARE EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

NFDN 2003 WOUND CARE EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS wound classification - Correct Answer ️️ -cause - intentional/ unintentional skin integrity - open/closed/acute/chronic depth cleanliness duration type colour red wound - Correct Answer ️️ -healing can be inflammatory/ proliferative / maturation needs to be kept clean and moist yellow wound - Correct Answer ️️ -slough or exudate infected and not ready to heal requires removal of slough black wound - Correct Answer ️️ -presence of necrotic (dead) tissue not ready to heal must have eschar removed to heal stage 1 pressure ulcer - Correct Answer ️️ -unblanchacble erythema - skin is intact stage 2 pressure ulcer - Correct Answer ️️ -partial thickness loss involves epidermis, dermis stage 3 pressure ulcer - Correct Answer ️️ -full thickness skin loss necrosis of subcu tissue may extend to but not through fascia stage 4 pressure ulcer - Correct Answer ️️ -full thicknesss skin loss tissue necrosis damage to muscle, bone, or supporting structures complex wound - Correct Answer ️️ -edges are not approximated (together) can be gaping, infected, necrotic, granulating can be packed with saline soaks or dressing simple wound - Correct Answer ️️ -edges are approximated straight line e.g.. surgery incisions inflammatory phase of healing - Correct Answer ️️ -begins within minutes and lasts up to 4 days proliferative phase - Correct Answer ️️ -healing and cell division 3-24 days maturation phase - Correct Answer ️️ -tissue starts to replace it self with scar tissue can take more than a year primary intention healing - Correct Answer ️️ -caused a simple wound and will be sewed back up creating a flat fine scar secondary intention healing - Correct Answer ️️ -complex wounds have to heal from bottom up body fills in wound with granulation tissue tertiary intention healing - Correct Answer ️️ -combination of primary and secondary partially healed usually a surgery wound but becomes infected deep in