Nursing 155 Exam 3 Questions And
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Serous - ANSWER✔✔ Consists of serum, water (fluid from a blister)
Sanguineous - ANSWER✔✔ Large amount of deep dark blood (open wound)
Serosanguineous - ANSWER✔✔ Bright red blood
Purulent - ANSWER✔✔ Puss like, greenish/yellow
Purosanguineous - ANSWER✔✔ Puss and blood (milky blood)
pressure ulcer or decubitus ulcer - ANSWER✔✔ consists of injury to the skin
and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, as a result of force or
movement. Pressure ulcers are due to localized ischemia (a deficiency in the blood
supply to the tissue).
, Stage 4 pressure ulcer - ANSWER✔✔ Involves bone and muscle
Wounds (excluding pressure ulcers and burns) are classified by...? - ANSWER✔✔
Depth
Regeneration wound healing - ANSWER✔✔ Healing on it's own (paper cuts)
Primary Intention wound healing - ANSWER✔✔ Wound has been closed and
there is minimal tissue loss (staples, sutures, steri strips)
Secondary Intention wound healing - ANSWER✔✔ Would has tissue loss and
edges cannot be closed (jagged. wounds healed from inside out. pack the wound)
Tertiary Intention wound healing - ANSWER✔✔ Left open for a while, then
closed (delayed wound closing, usually due to infection)
Prevention of pressure ulcers - ANSWER✔✔ Daily assessment, proper nutrition,
skin hygiene, avoid skin trauma, supportive devices. Move around, don't stay in
one spot.
Treatment of pressure ulcers - ANSWER✔✔ Minimizing direct pressure,
reposition ever 2 hours, use supportive devices, dressing changes as ordered,
provide ROM exercise
Wound exudate - ANSWER✔✔ material, such as fluids and cells, that have
escaped from blood vessels, during the inflammatory phase and are deposited in/on
tissue
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