WCEI Review || Questions and 100% Accurate Answers.
What cells are found in the dermis? correct answers Macrophages, Mast Cells, Fibroblasts, Nerves, Langerhans
What are the function of the proteins collagen and elastin? correct answers Providing the skin with tensile strength and elastic recoil?
What lab test measures the percentage of blood made up of red blood cells? correct answers Hematocrit
What protein is produced by stem cells that give red blood cells the red color and give them the ability to transport oxygen? correct answers Hemoglobin
What is the most common type of white blood cell that is phagocytic, a major player in the body's defense against bacterial infections, and the first to arrive at the site of infection? correct answers Neutrophil
What is meant by configuration of a lesion? correct answers Shape and outline of individual lesion or a group of lesions.
What is a zosteriform configuration? correct answers Dermatomal distribution corresponding to nerve root distribution.
Patient presents with skin that appears chalky on the surface. What does this indicate? correct answers Dryness.
True or false: Undermining affects a large part of the wound while tunneling affects a small part correct answers True
True or false: Wound assessment should be documented every four weeks at a minimum? correct
answers False. Wound assessment should be documented weekly
True or false: A partial thickness involves tissue destruction to the epidermidis, dermis, and into the subcutaneous tissue. correct answers False. A partial thickness wound involves tissue destruction through the epidermidis and dermis. It is pink and painful.
True or false: The presence of a eschar indicates a partial thickness wound. correct answers False: No eschar is found in full thickness wounds.
True or false: With age, the basement membrane between the dermis and epidermidis flattens out. correct answers True.
What is a bulla? correct answers Circular, fluid-filled lesion greater than 1 cm.
What is a papule? correct answers Superficial, solid lesion less than 1 cm, color varies. What is a vesicle? correct answers Circular, fluid-filled lesion up to 1cm.
What is excoriation? correct answers Erosion or destruction of skin by mechanical means.
What is denuded skin? correct answers Loss of epidermis caused by exposure to moisture.
What is a satellite lesion? correct answers Smaller red macules adjacent to the body of main lesion.
What is a macule? correct answers Circular, flat discoloration less than 1 cm, color varies.
What is a wheal? correct answers Firm, edematous plaque resulting from infiltration of the dermis.
What is the bottom of the foot? correct answers Plantar.
What is outer aspect of the ankle? correct answers Lateral.
When measuring wounds on the foot, what position on the clock is the heel of the patient? correct answers 12:00
What is inner aspect of the ankle? correct answers Medial.
What role does the speech therapist play on the Wound Care team? correct answers Assess for cognitive deficits.
When a patient is treated without informed consent, whether the treatment is life-saving or not, this is called what? correct answers Medical battery
You have been working a patient who has demonstrated nonadherence with the prescribed wound plan. What is your first priority to minimize Legal risk? correct answers Explore why the patient is not adhering to the plan.
At what point ins care delivery are you required to provide the patient the notice of privacy practices? correct answers At the at their first visit.
What is one problem with evidence-based practice in wound care? correct answers There is limited Wound Care research available that supports efficacy and safety.
What does a fibroblast produce? correct answers Collagen and elastin.
When sweat and Sebum mix on the skin, they produce what? correct answers An acid mantle.
What is the pH of the skin? correct answers 4-6.8 Chronic wound correct answers A wound that has failed to proceed orderly through the healing process. >28 days.
Acute wound correct answers A wound that progresses through the phases of wound healing in a rapid, uncomplicated manner. Surgical or traumatic wound.
Recalcitrant wound correct answers A wound that fails to respond to interventions within 2-4 weeks.
What is a standard of care? correct answers Measures of care established by a professional organization that are generally accepted by the profession.
What is non-adherence? correct answers When a patient does not comply with or adhere to interventions that the healthcare provider deems necessary.
What is informed consent? correct answers A process of communication between the patient and the healthcare provider that often leads to agreement or permission for care, treatment, or services.
What documentation must be present prior to discharging a patient for continued non-adherence?
correct answers Every instance of non-adherence including your evaluation of reasons for non-
adherence Every instance of patient education and counseling, including diagnosis, recommended treatment plan, risks and benefits of the plan, prognosis if the plan is not followed,
alternate options, and the patient's response.
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)? correct answers A set
of national standards for the protection of a patient's individually identifiable health information in any form or media, whether electronic, paper, or oral.
What are some recommended interventions when dealing with a non-adherent patient? correct answers Set up mutually compatible goals. Negotiate a treatment plan with the patient. Discuss any problems the patient is having with the plan. Make complex plans easier to understand and follow.
Describe the structure of the dermis. correct answers Thick, dense, fibroelastic, connective tissue
that is highly vascularized.
What is the function of the macrophage? correct answers Ingest dead tissue and cells, repair injured tissues and act as a defense mechanism.
What is the lifespan of a RBC? correct answers 120 days
What are the functions of the skin? correct answers Protection, immunity, thermoregulation, sensation, metabolism, and communication.
What is the function of melanin? correct answers Protect from UV radiation. What is the function of the lymphocyte? correct answers Recognize and produce antibodies to harmful microorganisms.
What is collagen? correct answers Protein that gives the skin its tensile strength.
What is the acid mantle of the skin? correct answers Acidic coating formed from sebum and sweat that delays the growth of microorganisms on the skin.
What color is fascia and what is its function? correct answers White and shiny Sheath-like covering for muscles, nerves, and blood vessels that keeps muscle fibers in tight bundles so they can act as a single unit
What is the function of the neutrophil? correct answers Attack and ingest microorganisms through phagocytic activity.
What effect does a higher TEWL (transepidermal water loss) in dark skin have? correct answers Compromises the epidermal barrier function making the skin more susceptible to irritants and possibly drier.
What is the function of desmosomes? correct answers Bind keratinocytes together and provide strength to each layer of the skin as the keratinocytes move to the surface.
How is thermoregulation accomplished by the skin? correct answers Through vasodilation (expanding of blood vessels) and vasoconstriction (narrowing of blood vessels) to dissipate and retain heat and through the release of sweat.
What are the most common types of white blood cells? correct answers Lymphocytes and neutrophils
What is the function of the red blood cell? correct answers To attract and move oxygen from the lungs to the body's cells through hemoglobin.
Describe the structure of the epidermis. correct answers Consists of 5 layers of mostly dead cells,
is avascular, and averages 0.1 mm in thickness.
What is the function of the mast cell? correct answers Use histamine and heparin to assist with blood clotting during injury.
What is the function of the fibroblast? correct answers Develop connective tissue and produce collagen and elastin.
How can you distinguish ligaments from tendons? correct answers Ligaments are broader, flatter,
and more loosely woven than tendons and the striations feel like tape with embedded threads.
