FREE Wound Care Certification Practice Question and Answer

Question 1

Retention sutures: how long do they stay in place?

Accepted Answer

14 days or more

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Less than 14 days

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Not more than 2 weeks

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Between 10 and 14 days

Question 2

Hemostasis is the process of stopping bleeding and making blood clots. What is in the blood clot that helps keep the wound together?

Accepted Answer

Fibrin

Answer

Hemes

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Granulation

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Leucocytes

Question 3

Blood stops bleeding during hemostasis. A cut made by a sharp instrument during surgery that gives access to an organ or space in the body.

Accepted Answer

Incision

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Puncture

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Abrasion

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Stoma

Question 4

What Is a Keloid?

Accepted Answer

Overgrowth of a collagenous scar tissue at the site of the wound.

Answer

This is another phase of wound healing.

Answer

A painful disease involving tissue damage.

Answer

Same as an eschar only with a lighter color.

Question 5

What is used to make the skin tacky and secure a steri-strip?

Accepted Answer

Tincture of benzoin

Answer

Iodine

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Vaseline

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Cold cream

Question 6

When a patient has steri-strips, what is the best way to clean their bodies?

Accepted Answer

Instruct a patient to take a shower

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Instruct patient to soak in bath tub

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Instruct patient just to wash face for a while

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Instruct patient not to take a bath

Question 7

What is the main function of wet-to-dry dressings?

Accepted Answer

To mechanically debride a wound

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To perform aseptic cleansing

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To provide an aesthetic appearance to wound dressing

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To protect the wound from further injury

Question 8

After surgery or injury, what is a collection of extravasated blood stuck in tissues or organs?

Accepted Answer

Hematoma

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Evisceration

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Cellulitis

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Extravasation

Question 9

What do you call a strip or roll of cloth or other material that can be wrapped around a body part in different ways for different purposes?

Accepted Answer

Bandage

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Scarf

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Bandana

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Gauze

Question 10

Where do you tie the square knot when using a triangle-shaped blinder (Sling)?

Accepted Answer

at the lateral area of neck on uninjured side

Answer

right where the elbow is

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at the lateral area of neck on the affected side

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at the dorsal area of neck close to the occiput