FPCC Skin Integrity And Wound Care
(Exam 1) Questions And Answers With
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Why is skin integrity important? - ANSWER✔✔ primary defense; protective
barrier (against infection); sensory organ; vitamin D synthesis
how does a patient get "impaired skin integrity"? - ANSWER✔✔ healthcare
providers cause it (ex. surgery); accidents, abrasions (animal bites, knives);
circulatory problems (problems with arteries or venous circulation); too much
pressure (pressure ulcers)
by extent - ANSWER✔✔ wound assessment, classification; partial thickness
(open), full thickness (open), closed
by onset and duration - ANSWER✔✔ wound assessment, classification; acute
(expected to heal quickly), chronic (not resolving quickly)
by level of contamination - ANSWER✔✔ wound assessment, classification; clean
(surgery), contaminated (puncture wounds, does NOT equal infected)
by healing process - ANSWER✔✔ wound assessment, classification; primary -
closed up(does not leave a lot of scarring), secondary - left open (scarring is a lot
worse), tertiary - open then closed (not sutured immediately to be sure that it is
clean)
wound drainage assessment - ANSWER✔✔ amount, odor (if odor is present after
being cleaned, might be infected), consistency (gel-like, water, sticky), color
, sanguineous drainage - ANSWER✔✔ bright red blood
serosanguineous drainage - ANSWER✔✔ yellow with a little red
penrose - ANSWER✔✔ big plastic straw looking; inserted through puncture
wound that the surgeon makes on purpose; does NOT come out of incision, but
from a separate area
jackson pratt (JP) - ANSWER✔✔ applies suction; can be measured in mL; can be
measured without emptying
hemovac - ANSWER✔✔ smushed down, stays smoothed and sucks out drainage
abrasion - ANSWER✔✔ traumatic wound; only the top layer of skin is lost; partial
thickness wound; most common drainage is serous or sero-sanguenous
laceration - ANSWER✔✔ traumatic wound; patient cuts themselves on accident;
can be partial/full thickness
puncture wounds - ANSWER✔✔ traumatic wound; small, round, and sometimes
deep holes
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