Wound Healing

Scar tissue is formed during which phase of wound healing?

• Inflammatory

• Proliferative

• Remodeling

• Haemostasis

The first stage of wound healing is?

• Hemostasis
• Inflammatory
• Proliferative
• Remodeling

The second stage of wound healing is?

• Hemostasis
• Inflammatory
• Proliferative
• Remodeling

The third stage of wound healing is?

• Hemostasis
• Inflammatory
• Proliferative
• Remodeling

Which of the following improves wound healing?

• Negative nitrogen balance

• Low protein diet

• Positive nitrogen balance

• Low fat diet

When educating a patient about wound healing the nurse should include what in the teaching?

• long term steroid use diminishes the inflammatory response and speeds up wound healing

• Chronic wounds heal better in a dry, open environment so leave them open to air.

• Fat tissue heals more rapidly because there is less vascularization.

• Inadequate nutrition delays wound healing and increases risk of infection.

A postsurgical patient who is morbidly obese informs the nurse that as she was coughing, she felt a "pop" at her abdominal incision site. Upon inspection, the nurse notes the sutures to the incision are intact; however, there is an increase in the amount of serosanguineous drainage. The nurse would suspect wound:

• Dehiscence

• Fistula

• Hemorrhage

• Evisceration

An older adult had a colon resection 1 week ago. When assessing the abdominal incision, the nurse notes foul-smelling brown drainage seeping from the middle of the incision site. The nurse suspects he has:

• A fistula

• A hematoma

• Wound dehiscence

• An infected wound

The nurse is providing education on healing by primary intention. Which statement indicates an understating of the education?

• Wounds are allowed to granulate

• Skin edges are brought together and sutured, stapled, or glued

• Wounds are left open to the air

• Wounds are treated in a community setting

Which statement about secondary intention is correct?

• When a nurse has a lot of dressings to do, these are the ones she does second because they are not as urgent.

• Wound edges are brought together.

• Wounds remain sloughy.

• The wound is left unsutured to fill with granulation tissue from the wound bed upwards.