CPSS Exam 2024 Questions & Answers with Complete Solution

CPSS Exam 2024 Questions & Answers with Complete Solution A small container, usually with a closure, used especially for liquids - Vial Cylindrical container that holds liquids - Barrel Diameter of the needle - Gauge Enlarged base by which a hollow needle may be attached to a device (as a syringe) - Hub FULL thickness skin loss that extends down to, but not through, the underlying fascia; presents clinically as a deep crater with/without adjacent tissue? - Stage 3 pressure ulcer FULL thickness skin loss with extensive destruction, tissue necrosis, or damage to MUSCLE, bone, or supporting structures - Stage 4 pressure ulcers Give an example of a foam? - Allevyn Give an example of an enzymatic debridement application? - Accuzyme *apply directly to the wound Panafil How can you decrease anesthetic pain? - Add 1mL of bicarbonate to 10mL of lidocaine 1% How close should sutures be placed to the wound edge & how far apart should they be? - 3-4 mm from wound edge 3-10 mm apart *face should be 2-3 mm from edge & 3-5 mm apart How do you clean a wound? - Use normal saline diluted with providone/iodine (betadine) 10:1 ratio How is an arterial ulcer diagnosed? - Noninvasive: ABI, US, transcutaneous oxygen pressure Arteriogram How is insulin mixed? - Rolled between palms of hands - gently! How many times must a sample be discarded before a specimen can be obtained for analysis using an indwelling catheter? - Discard a sample at least 3 times the volume of the line before a specimen is obtained for analysis If pt has an allergy to lidocaine, what should be used? - Ester type anesthetics (novocaine) or vice versa Involves making two sets of needles pass through the wound both in the same tissue plane at adjacent points. When is it most commonly used? - Horizontal mattress *classically used to secure seal around drain tube* Lactate is metabolized by the liver into? - Bicarbonate - buffers the blood if acidosis is present List the absorbable organic sutures - Plain gut & chromic gut Enzymatic degradation List the absorbable synthetic sutures - Vicryl Monocryl PDS II Panacryl List the nonabsorbable organic sutures - Silk List the nonabsorbable synthetic sutures - Nylon Polyester Polypropylene (prolene) Most common SC closure, face? - 5-0 Vicryl Most topical abx are compatible with enzymatic agents except? - Silver dressings Nonblanchable erythema of INTACT skin? - Stage 1 pressure ulcer PARTIAL thickness skin loss involving epidermis, dermis, or both layers; presents clinically as an abrasion, blister or shallow crater? - Stage 2 pressure ulcer Skin suture NOT used on face - 4-0 ethilon Skin suture used everywhere, including dorsal of hand? - 5-0 ethilon Skin suture used for face, fingers, cosmetics? - 6-0 prolene Small bottle that contains the drug - Ampule