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A solid skin barrier wafer with a pouch is applied to a copiously draining wound, but the skin beneath
the wafer has become denuded. The BEST initial solution is to: - correct answer ✔Apply a skin barrier
powder to the denuded skin under the wafer
During the phases of healing, which cell is responsible for beginning angiogenesis? - correct answer
✔Fibroblasts
A patient has a wound on the right hip with tunneling and fistulae. Which of the following is MOST
indicative of an abscess formation? - correct answer ✔Erythematous, painful swollen area 3cm from
wound perimeter
Which of the following laboratory tests is the most effective to monitor acute changes in nutritional
status? - correct answer ✔Prealbumin
The best canidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a patient with: - correct answer ✔chronic diabetic
ulcers (Wagner 3 Classification), refractory to standard treatment
On the eighth day of wound care, granulation tissue is evident about the wound perimeter, and the
wound is beginning to contract. The wound is in which phase? - correct answer ✔Proliferation
When calculating the ABI, if the ankle systolic prressure is 90 and the brachial systolic pressure is 120,
what is the ABI? - correct answer ✔.75
Which of the following wound irrigation devices will provide approximately 8 PSI in irrigant pressure to
the wound surface? - correct answer ✔35mL syringe with 19 gauge angiocath
, According to the Modified Wagner Foot Ulcer Classification system, a full thickness ulcer that extends to
the tendon or joint, but without abscess or osteomyelitis is classified as: - correct answer ✔Grade 2
The sutures of a scalp wound are usually removed after about: - correct answer ✔10 days
When doing the nylon monofilament test, how many test sites should be used? - correct answer ✔10
A chronic ulcer resulting from peripheral vascular insufficiency may remain in which stage of healing for
prolonged periods? - correct answer ✔Inflammation
A patient has second and third degree burns on 30% of the body and is in severe pain. Which method of
debridement is most indicated. - correct answer ✔Surgical debredement
Which method of mechanical debridement may cause damage to granulation tissue and is generally
contraindicated? - correct answer ✔Wet to dry dressings
Which of the following is contraindication to negative pressure wound therapy? - correct answer
✔Wound Malignancy
Becaplermin (Regranex) gel, a growth factor, is indicated for which type of wound? - correct answer
✔Diabetic ulcer
Which of the following types of dressing is indicated for treatment of a full thickness infected wound
with large amounts of exudate? - correct answer ✔alginate
Which NPIAP stage is a pressure ulcer characterized by deep full thickness ulceration that exposes
subcutaneous tissue with possible presence of slough, tunneling, and undermining without visibility of
underlying muscle, tendon, or bone? - correct answer ✔Stage 3
Questions and answers already
passed 2025/2026
A solid skin barrier wafer with a pouch is applied to a copiously draining wound, but the skin beneath
the wafer has become denuded. The BEST initial solution is to: - correct answer ✔Apply a skin barrier
powder to the denuded skin under the wafer
During the phases of healing, which cell is responsible for beginning angiogenesis? - correct answer
✔Fibroblasts
A patient has a wound on the right hip with tunneling and fistulae. Which of the following is MOST
indicative of an abscess formation? - correct answer ✔Erythematous, painful swollen area 3cm from
wound perimeter
Which of the following laboratory tests is the most effective to monitor acute changes in nutritional
status? - correct answer ✔Prealbumin
The best canidate for hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a patient with: - correct answer ✔chronic diabetic
ulcers (Wagner 3 Classification), refractory to standard treatment
On the eighth day of wound care, granulation tissue is evident about the wound perimeter, and the
wound is beginning to contract. The wound is in which phase? - correct answer ✔Proliferation
When calculating the ABI, if the ankle systolic prressure is 90 and the brachial systolic pressure is 120,
what is the ABI? - correct answer ✔.75
Which of the following wound irrigation devices will provide approximately 8 PSI in irrigant pressure to
the wound surface? - correct answer ✔35mL syringe with 19 gauge angiocath
, According to the Modified Wagner Foot Ulcer Classification system, a full thickness ulcer that extends to
the tendon or joint, but without abscess or osteomyelitis is classified as: - correct answer ✔Grade 2
The sutures of a scalp wound are usually removed after about: - correct answer ✔10 days
When doing the nylon monofilament test, how many test sites should be used? - correct answer ✔10
A chronic ulcer resulting from peripheral vascular insufficiency may remain in which stage of healing for
prolonged periods? - correct answer ✔Inflammation
A patient has second and third degree burns on 30% of the body and is in severe pain. Which method of
debridement is most indicated. - correct answer ✔Surgical debredement
Which method of mechanical debridement may cause damage to granulation tissue and is generally
contraindicated? - correct answer ✔Wet to dry dressings
Which of the following is contraindication to negative pressure wound therapy? - correct answer
✔Wound Malignancy
Becaplermin (Regranex) gel, a growth factor, is indicated for which type of wound? - correct answer
✔Diabetic ulcer
Which of the following types of dressing is indicated for treatment of a full thickness infected wound
with large amounts of exudate? - correct answer ✔alginate
Which NPIAP stage is a pressure ulcer characterized by deep full thickness ulceration that exposes
subcutaneous tissue with possible presence of slough, tunneling, and undermining without visibility of
underlying muscle, tendon, or bone? - correct answer ✔Stage 3
