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surface area, type of The Pressure Ulcer Tool for Healing (PUSH) tools is
tissue, volume of exudate based on what three characteristics of a wound?
Severe neutropenia (<500) is a contraindication for
autolytic
__________________ debridement.
An ___________ is the most accurate noninvasive approach
MRI
to diagnosis of osteomyelitis.
Any level of __________________________ is an indicator of
B-hemolytic strep
wound infection.
Hydrocolloids are to be avoided for skin tears
adhesive
because they are aggressively ___________________.
occlusive dressings made of material like pectin,
gelatin, or carboxymethylcellulose. Self-adhesive
dressings that provide a moist healing environment
hydrocolloids and autolytic debridement but only light-moderate
absorption. Recommended for clean, shallow wounds
with minimal exudate. Can be used to protect intact
skin or newly resurfaced breakdown.
Protective __________ can be used in patients with frail
sleeves
skin to prevent skin tears.
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A condition that happens due to
moisture trapping in skin folds,
presenting as beefy-red
candidal intertrigo
maculopapular rashes with
peripheral scaling and distinct
satellite lesions.
antifungals (e.g. nystatin, candidal intertrigo is treated with topical or oral
fluconazole) __________________.
Life-threatening immune-
mediated skin/mucous
membrane disorder. Significant
Toxic Epidermal epidermal necrosis and
Necrolysis (TEN) detachment. Often results from
a drug reaction. Usually severe
with more than 30% Body
Surface Area Skin detachment.
The most commonly implicated medication for
allopurinol
patients with SJS/TEN is ____________________.
Fever, Flu-like symptoms, malaise, muscle aches, eye
pain, pain with swallowing, skin tenderness,
inflammation, blistering.
Toxic Epidermal
Later disease involves confluent, red oval
Necrolysis
macules/papules with pruritic centers or diffuse
erythema. Widespread blistering and epidermal
sloughing. Lesions usually start on the face and
spread.
Care of the patient with TEN should resemble burn
fluid
care with aggressive __________ management.
_____________________ and other nonadherent contact layer
Petrolatum dressings are commonly used for patients with Toxic
Epidermal Necrolysis.
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Aggressive _______________ is not indicated in Toxic
debridement Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome because of extensive
denudation.
Which gauze is a better choice for dressings that
Nonwoven come into contact with the wound bed: nonwoven or
woven?
The lesions of this disease typically begin as
erythematous, painful, edematous areas on the skin
after major or minor skin trauma. Often mistaken for
Necrotizing fasciitis cellulitis. Most commonly on the extremities,
sometimes on the perianal and trunk. Signs include
fever and chills. Lab values included elevated WBCs
and anemia.
False (needs aggressive True or False: Aggressive debridement is not
debridement and broad- recommended for Necrotizing Fasciitis patients.
spectrum IV antibiotics.)
______________ oxygen is a treatment option for
Hyperbaric
necrotizing fasciitis patients.
__________________________ is considered the standard of care
negative pressure wound
after a clean wound bed has been established in the
therapy (NPWT)
necrotizing fasciitis patient.
___________ causes elongated wounds with undermining
Shear
and tunneling.
True or False: Iodine and silver will inactivate
True
collagenase.
A ____________ thick layer of collagenase should be
Nickel
applied to a wound.
The only enzyme available in the US as a debriding
agent is _____________. It is derived from clostridium
collagenase bacteria and dissolves the collagen anchors that
secure the necrotic tissue to the wound bed. This
process takes several days to weeks.
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___________________ debridement (collagenase) is safe for
enzymatic infected wounds. However, it does not have any local
antimicrobial effects.
crystal violet, methylene Collagenase is safe for use with which three
blue, sodium hypochlorite antimicrobial products?
True or False: The nurse uses a waterpik on high
True setting for wound cleansing, but this causes bacteria
to be driven further into the wound tissues.
At the end of the inflammatory phase, the patient's
______________ status should be monitored because a
nutrition
positive nitrogen balance is key for the proliferative
phase of wound healing.
Oxandrolone is for patients who are in a persistent
catabolic ______________ state and have trouble breaking out of this
state.
If the patient is responding to nutritional support, but
their wound is clean and non granulating, which
supplements should be considered?
D
A. L-Arginine
B. Glutamine
C. Vitamin A
D. A and B
___________________ Can be used to reopen rolled wound
silver nitrate (AgNO3)
edges.
A normally healing surgical incision is usually fully re-
48 hours
epithelialized within ________________ of closure.
Steroids have a profound negative impact on wound
healing. Topical ___________________ can be used to
Vitamin A
counteract the effects of steroids on an open wound
bed.
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VERIFIED SOLUTIONS |ELABORATED &DETAILED
ANSWERS!!
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Terms in this set (284)
surface area, type of The Pressure Ulcer Tool for Healing (PUSH) tools is
tissue, volume of exudate based on what three characteristics of a wound?
Severe neutropenia (<500) is a contraindication for
autolytic
__________________ debridement.
An ___________ is the most accurate noninvasive approach
MRI
to diagnosis of osteomyelitis.
Any level of __________________________ is an indicator of
B-hemolytic strep
wound infection.
Hydrocolloids are to be avoided for skin tears
adhesive
because they are aggressively ___________________.
occlusive dressings made of material like pectin,
gelatin, or carboxymethylcellulose. Self-adhesive
dressings that provide a moist healing environment
hydrocolloids and autolytic debridement but only light-moderate
absorption. Recommended for clean, shallow wounds
with minimal exudate. Can be used to protect intact
skin or newly resurfaced breakdown.
Protective __________ can be used in patients with frail
sleeves
skin to prevent skin tears.
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A condition that happens due to
moisture trapping in skin folds,
presenting as beefy-red
candidal intertrigo
maculopapular rashes with
peripheral scaling and distinct
satellite lesions.
antifungals (e.g. nystatin, candidal intertrigo is treated with topical or oral
fluconazole) __________________.
Life-threatening immune-
mediated skin/mucous
membrane disorder. Significant
Toxic Epidermal epidermal necrosis and
Necrolysis (TEN) detachment. Often results from
a drug reaction. Usually severe
with more than 30% Body
Surface Area Skin detachment.
The most commonly implicated medication for
allopurinol
patients with SJS/TEN is ____________________.
Fever, Flu-like symptoms, malaise, muscle aches, eye
pain, pain with swallowing, skin tenderness,
inflammation, blistering.
Toxic Epidermal
Later disease involves confluent, red oval
Necrolysis
macules/papules with pruritic centers or diffuse
erythema. Widespread blistering and epidermal
sloughing. Lesions usually start on the face and
spread.
Care of the patient with TEN should resemble burn
fluid
care with aggressive __________ management.
_____________________ and other nonadherent contact layer
Petrolatum dressings are commonly used for patients with Toxic
Epidermal Necrolysis.
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Aggressive _______________ is not indicated in Toxic
debridement Epidermal Necrolysis Syndrome because of extensive
denudation.
Which gauze is a better choice for dressings that
Nonwoven come into contact with the wound bed: nonwoven or
woven?
The lesions of this disease typically begin as
erythematous, painful, edematous areas on the skin
after major or minor skin trauma. Often mistaken for
Necrotizing fasciitis cellulitis. Most commonly on the extremities,
sometimes on the perianal and trunk. Signs include
fever and chills. Lab values included elevated WBCs
and anemia.
False (needs aggressive True or False: Aggressive debridement is not
debridement and broad- recommended for Necrotizing Fasciitis patients.
spectrum IV antibiotics.)
______________ oxygen is a treatment option for
Hyperbaric
necrotizing fasciitis patients.
__________________________ is considered the standard of care
negative pressure wound
after a clean wound bed has been established in the
therapy (NPWT)
necrotizing fasciitis patient.
___________ causes elongated wounds with undermining
Shear
and tunneling.
True or False: Iodine and silver will inactivate
True
collagenase.
A ____________ thick layer of collagenase should be
Nickel
applied to a wound.
The only enzyme available in the US as a debriding
agent is _____________. It is derived from clostridium
collagenase bacteria and dissolves the collagen anchors that
secure the necrotic tissue to the wound bed. This
process takes several days to weeks.
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___________________ debridement (collagenase) is safe for
enzymatic infected wounds. However, it does not have any local
antimicrobial effects.
crystal violet, methylene Collagenase is safe for use with which three
blue, sodium hypochlorite antimicrobial products?
True or False: The nurse uses a waterpik on high
True setting for wound cleansing, but this causes bacteria
to be driven further into the wound tissues.
At the end of the inflammatory phase, the patient's
______________ status should be monitored because a
nutrition
positive nitrogen balance is key for the proliferative
phase of wound healing.
Oxandrolone is for patients who are in a persistent
catabolic ______________ state and have trouble breaking out of this
state.
If the patient is responding to nutritional support, but
their wound is clean and non granulating, which
supplements should be considered?
D
A. L-Arginine
B. Glutamine
C. Vitamin A
D. A and B
___________________ Can be used to reopen rolled wound
silver nitrate (AgNO3)
edges.
A normally healing surgical incision is usually fully re-
48 hours
epithelialized within ________________ of closure.
Steroids have a profound negative impact on wound
healing. Topical ___________________ can be used to
Vitamin A
counteract the effects of steroids on an open wound
bed.
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