Deck 24: Skin Care and Prevention of Wounds

Question 1

A wound that does not heal easily is called which of the following?

A)A chronic wound
B)A contaminated wound
C)A full-thickness wound
D)A dirty wound

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A wound that is not infected is considered to be which of the following?

A)A clean wound
B)An abrasion
C)A contusion
D)An incision

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the name of the condition in which there is death of tissue?

A)Trauma
B)Gangrene
C)A partial-thickness wound
D)A full-thickness wound

Answer 3

B

Question 4

A wound that has torn tissues and jagged edges is what type of wound?

A)A penetrating wound
B)A laceration
C)An incision
D)An intentional wound

Question 5

A client has an open wound on her left foot and has poor circulation in her arteries and veins.What kind of ulcer is this?

A)An arterial ulcer
B)A venous ulcer
C)A stasis ulcer
D)A circulatory ulcer

Question 6

What is the correct term for tissues that are injured but the skin is not broken?

A)A contusion
B)An abrasion
C)A laceration
D)A closed wound

Question 7

The client's skin or mucous membrane is broken.What type of wound is this?

A)An open wound
B)A clean wound
C)A closed wound
D)An intentional wound

Question 8

What is the correct term for an open wound on the lower left leg caused by poor arterial blood flow?

A)A pressure ulcer
B)A stasis ulcer
C)A venous ulcer
D)An arterial ulcer

Question 9

A wound that has a high risk of an infection is referred to as which of the following?

A)A contaminated wound
B)A chronic wound
C)A full-thickness wound
D)An infected wound

Question 10

The support worker observes the client's wounds and notices that the wound layers have separated.What is the correct term for this?

A)Evisceration
B)A skin tear
C)Trauma
D)Dehiscence

Question 11

A client had kidney surgery.The client's wound is best described as which type of wound?

A)A clean wound
B)A contaminated wound
C)An incisional wound
D)A clean-contaminated wound

Question 12

A wound that involves the skin, muscle, and bone is called which of the following?

A)Trauma
B)Gangrene
C)A partial-thickness wound
D)A full-thickness wound

Question 13

What is a closed wound caused by a blow to the body called?

A)A contusion
B)An abrasion
C)A laceration
D)A clean wound

Question 14

An infected wound is also called which of the following?

A)A contaminated wound
B)An open wound
C)A dirty wound
D)A full-thickness wound

Question 15

What is the term for a wound that has separated and abdominal organs are protruding through the wound?

A)Evisceration
B)A skin tear
C)Trauma
D)Dehiscence

Question 16

An open wound has clean, straight edges; it was made with a sharp instrument.What type of wound is this?

A)A penetrating wound
B)A laceration
C)An incision
D)An intentional wound

Question 17

A pressure ulcer is called all of the following, except which term?

A)Bed sore
B)Pressure sore
C)Decubitus ulcer
D)Stasis ulcer

Question 18

A wound has large amounts of bacteria and shows signs of infection.What is this called?

A)A contaminated wound
B)An infected wound
C)An open wound
D)Purulent drainage

Question 19

Which of the following is a partial-thickness wound caused by the scraping away or rubbing of the skin?

A)A pressure ulcer
B)A laceration
C)An abrasion
D)A penetrating wound

Question 20

What is the correct term for a wound created for therapy?

A)An open wound
B)A clean wound
C)A closed wound
D)An intentional wound

Question 21

When the dermis and epidermis of the skin are broken, it is referred to as which of the following?

A)Trauma
B)Gangrene
C)A partial-thickness wound
D)A full-thickness wound

Question 22

When the skin and underlying tissues are pierced, this wound is called which of the following?

A)An incision
B)A penetrating wound
C)A contusion
D)A puncture wound

Question 23

Mrs.Flow spends a lot of time in her hospital bed, due to a stroke.She has pressure ulcers under her heels.What device could help prevent further damage to her heels?

A)Flotation pad
B)Elbow protectors
C)Heel elevators
D)Bed cradle

Question 24

The nurse is dressing a wound.She asks the support worker to get vapour-permeable transparent adhesive film.What is this used for?

A)As an adhesive tape
B)It does not stick to the wound
C)Absorbs moisture
D)Wound observation

Question 25

Carl is recovering after receiving a laceration in a motor vehicle accident 8 days ago.Which phase of the wound healing process is he in?

A)Maturation phase
B)Proliferative phase
C)Inflammatory phase
D)Tertiary phase

Question 26

Mr.Grast has returned from surgery and has a dressing on his abdominal wound.When the support worker repositioned Mr.Grast, the dressing was dry and intact.Mr.Grast starts to vomit large amount of emesis and now the dressing is saturated with blood.What should the support worker do first?

A)Check the wound.
B)Go find the nurse.
C)Call for help.
D)Nothing-this is normal.