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Wound Care & Dressing Techniques Flashcards

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  1. A patient's wound is classified as having 'yellow slough' in the wound bed. What does this indicate about wound healing status?

    Answer: Necrotic tissue is present and may impede healing

    Yellow slough is devitalized, necrotic tissue that creates a bacterial growth medium and must be removed to allow healing to progress.

  2. When using the RED-YELLOW-BLACK (RYB) wound assessment system, a wound with a black wound bed should be managed by:

    Answer: Applying a moisture-retentive dressing to promote autolysis

    Black wounds contain eschar that should be debrided; moisture-retentive dressings promote autolytic debridement of the necrotic tissue.

  3. Which action by the LVN demonstrates correct technique when removing an adherent dressing?

    Answer: Soak the dressing with normal saline before removal to loosen adherence

    Moistening an adherent dressing with saline loosens it and prevents trauma to fragile wound tissue during removal.

  4. A nurse notes that a surgical wound has separated along the suture line with intestines visible through the opening. This is termed:

    Answer: Evisceration

    Evisceration is the protrusion of internal organs through a wound opening and requires emergency intervention.

  5. A patient has a surgical wound with a Jackson-Pratt (JP) drain. The LVN notes the drain bulb is fully expanded and not compressed. What action should be taken?

    Answer: Empty and recompress the bulb to restore suction

    A JP drain bulb must be emptied and recompressed to restore the negative pressure suction that removes wound drainage.

  6. Which patient population is at HIGHEST risk for developing a wound infection after a surgical procedure?

    Answer: A 70-year-old diabetic with a BMI of 38 receiving corticosteroids

    Older age, diabetes, obesity, and immunosuppressant use each independently increase surgical site infection risk; this patient has all four.

  7. An LVN is documenting wound measurements. The wound measures 4 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 1.5 cm deep. How should this be documented in standard format?

    Answer: 4 cm × 2 cm × 1.5 cm (L × W × D)

    Standard wound measurement documentation follows the format length × width × depth (L × W × D).