NSG 321 WOUND CARE EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
What are the primary functions of the skin? - ANS Protection, body temperature regulation,
psychosocial, sensation, vitamin D production, immunological, absorption, and elimination.
What are the phases of wound healing? - ANS Hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferation, and
maturation.
What factors can affect skin integrity? - ANS Dehydration, malnutrition, diabetes, bedrest,
casts, application of heat and cold, and age.
How does an infant's skin differ from an older child's skin? - ANS An infant's skin and mucous
membranes are easily injured and subject to infection, while a child's skin becomes increasingly
resistant to injury and infection.
What changes occur in the skin as a person ages? - ANS The structure of the skin changes,
epidermal cell maturation is prolonged, leading to thin, easily damaged skin, and the activity of
sebaceous and sweat glands decreases.
What are the types of wounds? - ANS Intentional or unintentional, open or closed, acute or
chronic, including pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic ulcers.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What is primary intention in wound healing? - ANS Healing that occurs with sutured
approximated edges, such as a surgical incision.
What are the principles of wound healing? - ANS Intact skin is the first line of defense against
microorganisms, surgical asepsis is used in wound care, and normal healing is promoted when
the wound is free of foreign material.
What factors affect wound healing? - ANS Circulation and oxygenation, wound condition,
health status, and nutrition.
What are common wound complications? - ANS Infection, hemorrhage, dehiscence,
evisceration, and fistula formation.
What are signs of infection in a wound? - ANS Swelling, deep red color, warmth on palpation,
increased drainage possibly purulent, foul odor, and separated wound edges.
What is evisceration? - ANS The protrusion of internal organs through a wound.
What is a fistula? - ANS An abnormal passage from an internal organ to the outside of the
body or between two internal organs, often resulting from infection.
What are the stages of pressure ulcers? - ANS Stage I: nonblanchable erythema of intact skin;
Stage II: partial-thickness skin loss; Stage III: full-thickness skin loss not involving underlying
fascia; Stage IV: full-thickness skin loss with extensive destruction; Unstageable: base covered by
slough or eschar.
What assessment tool is used for pressure ulcer risk? - ANS The Braden scale, which
categorizes risk from no risk (19-23) to very high risk (9 or lower).
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. VERIFIED
2025/2026.
What are the primary functions of the skin? - ANS Protection, body temperature regulation,
psychosocial, sensation, vitamin D production, immunological, absorption, and elimination.
What are the phases of wound healing? - ANS Hemostasis, inflammatory, proliferation, and
maturation.
What factors can affect skin integrity? - ANS Dehydration, malnutrition, diabetes, bedrest,
casts, application of heat and cold, and age.
How does an infant's skin differ from an older child's skin? - ANS An infant's skin and mucous
membranes are easily injured and subject to infection, while a child's skin becomes increasingly
resistant to injury and infection.
What changes occur in the skin as a person ages? - ANS The structure of the skin changes,
epidermal cell maturation is prolonged, leading to thin, easily damaged skin, and the activity of
sebaceous and sweat glands decreases.
What are the types of wounds? - ANS Intentional or unintentional, open or closed, acute or
chronic, including pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, arterial ulcers, and diabetic ulcers.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, What is primary intention in wound healing? - ANS Healing that occurs with sutured
approximated edges, such as a surgical incision.
What are the principles of wound healing? - ANS Intact skin is the first line of defense against
microorganisms, surgical asepsis is used in wound care, and normal healing is promoted when
the wound is free of foreign material.
What factors affect wound healing? - ANS Circulation and oxygenation, wound condition,
health status, and nutrition.
What are common wound complications? - ANS Infection, hemorrhage, dehiscence,
evisceration, and fistula formation.
What are signs of infection in a wound? - ANS Swelling, deep red color, warmth on palpation,
increased drainage possibly purulent, foul odor, and separated wound edges.
What is evisceration? - ANS The protrusion of internal organs through a wound.
What is a fistula? - ANS An abnormal passage from an internal organ to the outside of the
body or between two internal organs, often resulting from infection.
What are the stages of pressure ulcers? - ANS Stage I: nonblanchable erythema of intact skin;
Stage II: partial-thickness skin loss; Stage III: full-thickness skin loss not involving underlying
fascia; Stage IV: full-thickness skin loss with extensive destruction; Unstageable: base covered by
slough or eschar.
What assessment tool is used for pressure ulcer risk? - ANS The Braden scale, which
categorizes risk from no risk (19-23) to very high risk (9 or lower).
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
