WOCN Wound Care RN Exam Prep question with
verified solution 2024
Steps to heal by Secondary Intention - ✔✔Formation of granulation tissue, contraction of the
wound bed edges, and epithelialization
Partial thickness repair - ✔✔Inflammatory response, epithelial proliferation and migration,
epidermal reestablishment and differentiation
What characterizes a chronic wound healing environment - ✔✔Low levels of growth factors and
receptor sites. They are needed to move cells out of the inflammatory phase and into the
proliferative/Rebuilding Phase
What Vitamin assists in collagen/fibroplasia formation? - ✔✔Vitamin C
Normal protein intake - ✔✔.8 g/kg/24
Protein intake for injury - ✔✔increased 1.25 - 1.5 /kg/24 hours
BMI >25 increases - ✔✔dehiscence, infection, delayed wound healing, adipose tissue poorly
perfused and heals at a slower rate
Keloid Scars are formed how? - ✔✔Overgrowth of collagen within scar tissue, seen with
pigmented skin. Trauma. May ulcerate. Genetic.
Hypertrophic Scar are formed how? - ✔✔scar with thickened epidermal layer contained within
the original incision area. Formed from prolonged inflammatory phase.
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