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A common complication after a full thickness burn has healed is:

Mr. James presents to your clinic with an itchy red rash that you suspect to be fungal in etiology. Choose the best descriptors that you would MOST likely use to document this rash?

Which of the following is the most significant assessment parameter in a patient with a lower extremity ischemic ulcer?

Which of the following is an appropriate intervention for Stage 1  pressure  injury?

A 34-year-old female is admitted for management of pain and palliative wound care for metastatic breast cancer. During her physical exam, the wound in the left breast is a fungating mass sized at 12 cm x 10 cm x various heights with slough and scant drainage. What physiologic wound care would you recommend?

Which of the following conditions requires URGENT surgical intervention for debridement?

A patient has a lower leg ulcer that is highly exudative and has a ruddy red base. The lower leg has minimal hair, thin and shiny. The ABI is 0.8. Based on this information, this wound is most likely classified as:

The wound nurse is assessing a newly healed full thickness wound and explains to the patient the scar is stiff and at risk of injury due to what cellular structure missing?

One of your wound patients has a serum albumin level of 3.7 mg/dl. Their eating habits are good and they do not have a chronic disease. Which of the following interpretations of this information is correct?

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