CWCN Exam 1 – Study Guide, Key Concepts & Practice Questions Review
You are asked to see a patient in the NICU (38 weeks) with a skin tear on the foot. Your plan of
care would NOT include: - ANS ✔✔applying a skin sealant to the peri wound
A sacral pressure ulcer in a frail 80-year-old man is covered with moist adherent eschar. There is
a moderate amount of foul-smelling exudate. What is the best method to debride the wound? -
ANS ✔✔apply gauze saturated with Dakins and cover with a non-adherent foam dressing twice
daily
large lower leg ulcer that is painful. upturned wound edges with purplish hue. wound bed filled
with hydrated eschar and highly exudative. plan of care will not include: - ANS ✔✔aggressive
sharp debridement
BMI 38. itchy papules and pustules on a red base with satellite lesions below armpits and under
the breasts. dry, red, scaly plaques are on the flexor surface of arms and scattered areas of
abdomen. taking immunosuppressants for RA. which lab? - ANS ✔✔potassium hydroxide
scraping: id's opportunistic topical fungal infection
now healed chronic venous stasis ulcer to right leg. effective teaching when: - ANS ✔✔he says
he needs to wear compression socks every day
impaired collagen synthesis linked to which vitamin deficiency? - ANS ✔✔vitamin C
proper technique to measure depth in a large wound with an uneven surface? - ANS ✔✔cotton
tipped applicator to find the deepest area and mark the applicator at the skin level
pt stopped going to dialysis: painful light and dark purple irregular discolorations on skin. dx:
calciphylaxis.tx includes: - ANS ✔✔normalization of calcium and phosphorous blood levels
You are asked to see a patient in the NICU (38 weeks) with a skin tear on the foot. Your plan of
care would NOT include: - ANS ✔✔applying a skin sealant to the peri wound
A sacral pressure ulcer in a frail 80-year-old man is covered with moist adherent eschar. There is
a moderate amount of foul-smelling exudate. What is the best method to debride the wound? -
ANS ✔✔apply gauze saturated with Dakins and cover with a non-adherent foam dressing twice
daily
large lower leg ulcer that is painful. upturned wound edges with purplish hue. wound bed filled
with hydrated eschar and highly exudative. plan of care will not include: - ANS ✔✔aggressive
sharp debridement
BMI 38. itchy papules and pustules on a red base with satellite lesions below armpits and under
the breasts. dry, red, scaly plaques are on the flexor surface of arms and scattered areas of
abdomen. taking immunosuppressants for RA. which lab? - ANS ✔✔potassium hydroxide
scraping: id's opportunistic topical fungal infection
now healed chronic venous stasis ulcer to right leg. effective teaching when: - ANS ✔✔he says
he needs to wear compression socks every day
impaired collagen synthesis linked to which vitamin deficiency? - ANS ✔✔vitamin C
proper technique to measure depth in a large wound with an uneven surface? - ANS ✔✔cotton
tipped applicator to find the deepest area and mark the applicator at the skin level
pt stopped going to dialysis: painful light and dark purple irregular discolorations on skin. dx:
calciphylaxis.tx includes: - ANS ✔✔normalization of calcium and phosphorous blood levels
