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WorksheetsWound Healing
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Scar tissue is formed during which phase of wound healing?
Inflammatory
Proliferative
Remodeling
Haemostasis
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.
