QUESTIONS
WOCN WOUND CARE RN EXAM QUESTIONS WITH GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS
Steps to heal by Secondary Intention - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Formation of granulation tissue, contraction of the wound bed edges,
and epithelialization
Partial thickness repair - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Inflammatory
response, epithelial proliferation and migration, epidermal
reestablishment and differentiation
What characterizes a chronic wound healing environment - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Low levels of growth factors and receptor sites. They
are needed to move cells out of the inflammatory phase and into the
proliferative/Rebuilding Phase
, What Vitamin assists in collagen/fibroplasia formation? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ Vitamin C
Normal protein intake - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ .8 g/kg/24
Protein intake for injury - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ increased 1.25 -
1.5 /kg/24 hours
BMI >25 increases - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ dehiscence,
infection, delayed wound healing, adipose tissue poorly perfused and
heals at a slower rate
Keloid Scars are formed how? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
Overgrowth of collagen within scar tissue, seen with pigmented skin.
Trauma. May ulcerate. Genetic.
Hypertrophic Scar are formed how? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ scar
with thickened epidermal layer contained within the original incision
area. Formed from prolonged inflammatory phase.
Fast/rapid weight loss produces what type of malnutrition? -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Protein & mixed protein malnutrition:
marasmus-kwashiorkor