WOUND CARE WOCN EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
TEWL - ✔✔Transepidermal water loss
What is the most common type of skin cancer? - ✔✔basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
How does basal cell carcinoma present? - ✔✔"pearl like" translucent papule with central
ulceration
What is the second most common type of skin cancer? - ✔✔Squamous cell carcinoma
(SCC)
How does squamous cell carcinoma present? - ✔✔Enlarging keratotic papule
ABCDEs of melanoma - ✔✔Asymmetric, border irregular, color variance, diameter >0.6
cm, evolution
What is the order of repair in an acute wound? - ✔✔Brief inflammatory phase, epithelial
resurfacing and granulation tissue formation and remodeling
What is the max tensile strength for a full-thickness wound healing by scar tissue
formation? - ✔✔80% of original tissue strength
What strategy is used to help convert a chronic wound into an acute wound? -
✔✔Surgical debridement
intermittent claudication - ✔✔pain and discomfort in calf muscles while walking; a
condition seen in peripheral arterial disease
, What are the nutritional requirements of patients with open wounds or at risk for
pressure ulcer? - ✔✔30 to 35 cal/kg/day; 1.25 to 1.5 proteins/kg/day; and 30mL/kg/day of
fluids
Moisture retentive dressings - ✔✔permit evaporation of moisture from the skin ad wound-
-NOT OCCULSIVE
TIME framework for wound healing - ✔✔tissue management, control of
inflammation/infection, moisture balance, edge advancement
Appropriate wound cleansers that flush away exudate without damaging proliferative
cells include: - ✔✔saline, commercial wound cleansers, and potable tap water
Cleansing of "dirty" wounds - ✔✔Require 4 to 15 psi irrigating force and may involve
cytotoxic solutions
contact layers - ✔✔1. single layer of woven net
2. protects new granulation tissue
3. can irrigate through it
4. can use with topical med
5. needs a secondary dressing
6. not to be used with think exudate
Hydrocolloid dressing - ✔✔Inappropriate for infected wounds and exudative wounds.
transparent adhesive dressing - ✔✔semipermeable, bacteria do not penetrate the wound.
When is debridement contraindicated? - ✔✔In a closed uninfected wound that is poorly
perfused and when the goal of care is maintenance or comfort as opposed to healing
100% VERIFIED ANSWERS
TEWL - ✔✔Transepidermal water loss
What is the most common type of skin cancer? - ✔✔basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
How does basal cell carcinoma present? - ✔✔"pearl like" translucent papule with central
ulceration
What is the second most common type of skin cancer? - ✔✔Squamous cell carcinoma
(SCC)
How does squamous cell carcinoma present? - ✔✔Enlarging keratotic papule
ABCDEs of melanoma - ✔✔Asymmetric, border irregular, color variance, diameter >0.6
cm, evolution
What is the order of repair in an acute wound? - ✔✔Brief inflammatory phase, epithelial
resurfacing and granulation tissue formation and remodeling
What is the max tensile strength for a full-thickness wound healing by scar tissue
formation? - ✔✔80% of original tissue strength
What strategy is used to help convert a chronic wound into an acute wound? -
✔✔Surgical debridement
intermittent claudication - ✔✔pain and discomfort in calf muscles while walking; a
condition seen in peripheral arterial disease
, What are the nutritional requirements of patients with open wounds or at risk for
pressure ulcer? - ✔✔30 to 35 cal/kg/day; 1.25 to 1.5 proteins/kg/day; and 30mL/kg/day of
fluids
Moisture retentive dressings - ✔✔permit evaporation of moisture from the skin ad wound-
-NOT OCCULSIVE
TIME framework for wound healing - ✔✔tissue management, control of
inflammation/infection, moisture balance, edge advancement
Appropriate wound cleansers that flush away exudate without damaging proliferative
cells include: - ✔✔saline, commercial wound cleansers, and potable tap water
Cleansing of "dirty" wounds - ✔✔Require 4 to 15 psi irrigating force and may involve
cytotoxic solutions
contact layers - ✔✔1. single layer of woven net
2. protects new granulation tissue
3. can irrigate through it
4. can use with topical med
5. needs a secondary dressing
6. not to be used with think exudate
Hydrocolloid dressing - ✔✔Inappropriate for infected wounds and exudative wounds.
transparent adhesive dressing - ✔✔semipermeable, bacteria do not penetrate the wound.
When is debridement contraindicated? - ✔✔In a closed uninfected wound that is poorly
perfused and when the goal of care is maintenance or comfort as opposed to healing
