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©PREP4EXAMS @2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 AMChapter 36: Skin Integrity and Wound Healing Test Bank
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What is the function of the stratum corneum?
a) Provides insulation for temperature regulation
b) Provides strength and elasticity to the skin
c) Protects the body against the entry of pathogens
d) Continually produces new skin cells - ✔️✔️c) Protects the body against the entry of
pathogens
Skin integrity and wound healing are compromised in the client who takes blood pressure
medications because antihypertensives:
a) Can cause cellular toxicity
b) Increase the risk of ischemia
c) Delay wound healing
d) Predispose to hematoma formation - ✔️✔️b) Increase the risk of ischemia
What is the primary difference between acute and chronic wounds? Chronic wounds:
a) Are full-thickness wounds, but acute wounds are superficial
b) Result from pressure, but acute wounds result from surgery
c) Are usually infected, whereas acute wounds are contaminated
d) Exceed the typical healing time, but acute wounds heal readily - ✔️✔️d) Exceed the typical
healing time, but acute wounds heal readily
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, ©PREP4EXAMS @2024 [REAL EXAM DUMPS] Wednesday, July 17, 2024 1:27 AM
A patient with quadriplegia presents to the outpatient clinic with an ischial wound that
extends through the epidermis into the dermis. When documenting the depth of the wound,
how would the nurse classify it?
a) Partial-thickness wound
b) Penetrating wound
c) Superficial wound
d) Full-thickness wound - ✔️✔️a) Partial-thickness wound
A patient underwent abdominal surgery for a ruptured appendix. The surgeon did not
surgically close the wound. The wound healing process described in this situation is:
a) Primary intention healing
b) Secondary intention healing
c) Tertiary intention healing
d) Approximation healing - ✔️✔️b) Secondary intention healing
When teaching a patient about the healing process of an open wound after surgery, which of
the following points would the nurse make?
a) The patient will need to take antibiotics until the wound is completely healed
b) Because the patients wound was left open, the wound will likely become infected
c) The patient will have more scar tissue formation than for a wound closed at surgery
d) The patient should expect to remain hospitalized until complete wound healing occurs -
✔️✔️c) The patient will have more scar tissue formation than for a wound closed at surgery
What is the primary goal that the nurse should establish for a patient with an open wound?
a) The wound will remain free of infection throughout the healing process
b) Client completes antibiotic treatment as ordered
c) The wound will remain free of scar tissue at healing
d) Client increases caloric intake throughout the healing process - ✔️✔️a) The wound will
remain free of infection throughout the healing process
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