Patient Education and Documentation Flashcards
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A WOC nurse conducting a quality improvement (QI) project on pressure injury prevention should begin by:
Answer: Collecting baseline incidence and prevalence data to identify the scope of the problem
Effective QI begins with establishing baseline pressure injury incidence and prevalence data to quantify the problem, identify trends, and measure the impact of subsequent interventions.
The difference between wound incidence and wound prevalence is:
Answer: Incidence measures new wounds in a period; prevalence measures all existing wounds at a point in time
Incidence is the rate of new wound development in a defined population over a time period, while prevalence is a snapshot of all wound cases (new and existing) at a single point in time.
The WOCNCB certification examination for CWON is best prepared for by:
Answer: Studying wound, ostomy, and continence care domains including assessment, management, and patient education
The CWON exam covers all three WOC nursing practice domains—wound care, ostomy care, and continence care—including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation across the lifespan.
An evidence-based practice (EBP) wound care decision integrates:
Answer: Best research evidence, clinical expertise, and patient preferences and values
EBP in wound care requires integrating the best available research evidence with the clinician's expertise and the individual patient's preferences, values, and circumstances.
Under the WOC nursing scope of practice, which activity requires collaboration with or referral to a physician or advanced practice provider?
Answer: Ordering systemic antibiotics for a clinically infected wound
Prescribing or ordering systemic antibiotics requires a licensed prescriber (physician or APRN); WOC nurses assess, recommend, and educate but do not independently prescribe systemic medications.
When a WOC nurse identifies that a patient's wound has not progressed in 2 weeks despite appropriate care, the priority action is:
Answer: Reassess all factors affecting healing, revise the wound care plan, and communicate findings to the provider
A stalled wound requires systematic reassessment of all intrinsic and extrinsic healing barriers, plan modification, and communication with the prescribing provider to adjust the treatment approach.