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Use of compression therapy to treat a venous ulcer is CONTRAINDICATED in a patient with:

Upon your assessment of Mrs. Jones’s sacral pressure injury, you note a lack of reduction of size in a clean granulating wound for the last 4 weeks. You recommend the use of electrical stimulation because of the following positive effects:

A home-care patient has a 2 cm X 2 cm partial-thickness thermal injury on the left lower leg. Your instructions to the patient for cleansing the burn site would include:

You are assessing the skin of a patient in ICU who is hemodynamically unstable. You recommend which of the following to prevent pressure injury development?

In the long-term care setting, wound care dressing selection should be PRIMARILY based on:

The prolonged presence of wound drainage or moisture on the periwound skin predisposes the skin to develop:

During the maturation phase of wound healing, wound dressings are most likely indicated to:

You have implemented hospital policies for the prevention and early management of skin maceration because you understand that excessive moisture is a risk factor for which of the following skin conditions?

A home care patient with a lower extremity ulcer complains of pain when the leg is elevated and prefers to sit in a recliner with the leg dangling over the edge of his chair. This is a characteristic of what wound etiology?

What type of tool would the nursing staff utilize in a comprehensive pressure injury prevention plan?