Surgical Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Passed

Surgical Wound Care Questions and Answers Already Passed WHAT REFERS TO ANY INJURY TO THE BODY'S TISSUES THAT INVOLVES A BREAK IN THE SKIN? WOUND WHAT FACTORS ARE WOUND CLASSIFICATIONS DETERMINED & BASED ON? CAUSE, SEVERITY OF INJURY, THE AMOUNT OF CONTAMINATION, & SIZE WHAT REFERS TO A CUT PRODUCED SURGICALLY BY A SHARP INSTRUMENT THAT CREATES AN OPENING INTO AN ORGAN OR SPACE IN THE BODY? INCISION What refers to a stab wound for a drainage system, where the wound is usually closed & managed ? Puncture WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE RATE OF INFECTION FOR A CLEAN SURGICAL WOUND? LESS THAN 5%, RISK FOR OTHER WOUND TYPES INCREASE BASED ON TYPE OF CONTAMINATION. WHAT PHASE IN WOUND HEALING OCCURS WHEN THERE IS AN INCREASE IN BLOOD FLOW ELEMENTS & WATER OUT OF THE BLOOD VESSEL INTO THE VASCULAR SPACE? INFLAMMATORY PHASE What substance holds the wound together & bleeding subsides? Fibrin The process of wound healing occurs by three different intentions which include? Primary, Secondary, or Tertiary Wounds in which skin edges are close together& little tissue is lost, such as those made surgically, heal by which intention? Primary intention Which intention where a wound must granulate during healing occurs, when skin edges are not close together (approximated) ,or when pus has formed? Secondary intention This intention has minimal scarring results & begins healing during the inflammatory phase, in surgery this is during the closure of the wound? Primary intention The nurse is instructing a patient who has a drain in the surgical wound, By which healing intention would the nurse indicate the wound will heal? By tertiary intention This type of healing occurs when a primary wound becomes infected, is opened, & allowed to granulate, then sutured, resulting in larger