NF1

Question 1

Debridement

Answer 1

Removal of dead tissue from a wound.

Question 2

Dehiscence

Answer 2

Separation of a wound’s edges that reveals underlying tissues

Question 3

Eschar

Answer 3

Scab or dry crust that results from excoriation of the skin.

Question 4

3 components of WHMIS

Answer 4

• worker education programs
• cautionary labelling of products
• provision of MSDs

Question 5

Code Blue

Answer 5

Cardiac Arrest/ Medical Emergency

Question 6

Code Red and RACE

Answer 6

Fire
Rescue
Alarm
Confine
Extinguish/Evacuate

Question 7

Code White

Answer 7

Violence/Aggression

Question 8

Code Green

Answer 8

Evacuation

Question 9

10 medication rights

Answer 9

right

• patient
• medication
• route
• dose
• frequency
• reason
• to refuse
• documentation
• patient education
• evaluation

Question 10

four point gait

Answer 10

Gives stability to patient but requires weight bearing on both legs, each leg is moved alternately with each opposing crutch. 3 points of support are on the floor at all times

Question 11

three point (alternating) gait

Answer 11

Requires patient to weight bear all on one foot. Patient bears weight on both crutches and then on the unaffected leg, repeat. Affected leg does not touch the ground during early phase. Gradually progresses to touch down and full weight bearing on affected leg. - - Usually used for ascending/descending stairs

Question 12

two point gait

Answer 12

Requires at least partial weight bearing on each foot. Patient moves a crutch at the same time as the opposing leg, crutch movements are similar to arm motion during normal walking.

Question 13

swing-through gait

Answer 13

Used frequently by patients with paraplegia who wear weight-supporting braces on their legs. Weight is placed on the supported legs, then patient places crutches one stride in front and swings through them while supporting his/her weight.

Question 14

serous

Answer 14

clear, watery plasma

Question 15

sanguineous

Answer 15

bloody drainage

Question 16

serosanguineous

Answer 16

thin, watery plasma that is blood tinged

Question 17

purulent

Answer 17

thick drainage containing pus

Question 18

“TACO”

Answer 18

type of drainage
amount
colour and consistency
odour

Question 19

4 stages of wound healing

Answer 19

1. Inflammatory phase - mild redness/swelling
2. Proliferative phase (granulation) - white to red wound bed, raised healing bed on sutured wound
3. maturation phase early (remodeling) - raised scar formation
4. maturation phase later (remodeling) - flat, thin scar

Question 20

Assessing a Wound

Answer 20

R- Redness 
E- Edema
E- Ecchymosis
D- Drainage
A- Approximation

Question 21

Tissue ischemia

Answer 21

Whitening of the skin from pressure, vasoconstriction, or hypotension

Question 22

Induration

Answer 22

Hardened tissue, particularly skin, because of edema or inflammation

Question 23

Ecchymosis

Answer 23

Discolouration of the skin

Question 24

Intermittent Catheterization

Answer 24

Single use straight catheter, single lumen

Question 25

Indwelling/Foley Catheter

Answer 25

Retained in the bladder for longer periods by means of a small balloon as an anchor in the bladder. Either 2 or 3 lumen (one to drain urine and the other to carry sterile water to inflate/deflate balloon, and 1 for irrigation).

Question 26

Loop colostomy

Answer 26

Usually temporary, loop of bowel is pulled onto abdomen. Two openings: one to drain stool, one to drain mucous

Question 27

Divided/ Double-barrelled ostomy

Answer 27

• divides the bowel completely

- each opening is brought to surface as a separate stoma, one opening puts out stool; the other a mucus fistula

Question 28

Kock Continent ileostomy

Answer 28

Created using patient’s small intestine to create a pouch, contains a continent stoma that is drained with an external catheter. Patient empties pouch several times a day.