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A 78 year old female reports passing stool via her urethra when urinating.  The WOC nurse know that this  is a fistula. Which type of fistula would best describes this? 

A 68 year old female presents at the wound center with multiple purpura, and painful red ulcers on her lower extremities. The wound care nurse interprets these findings as:

5. Patients with spinal cord injuries are greater risk for pressure injuries. One factor that increases this risk is:

A patient has a gastrostomy tube and develops hypergranulation around the tube. What is the most appropriate treatment  the WOC nurse could do for this problem?

A patient is admitted to ICU with multiple trauma from car accident. Patient has crushing fracture of femur. Several hours after admission the patient complains of severe pain, the extremity is numb with decreased pulses. How would you interpret these findings?

A 66 year-old male ESRD patient presents to the wound clinical with a non-healing wound on his lower extremities. The wound is initially violaceous and progresses to be  gangrenous. The patient states the pain is ‘unbearable.” The wound care nurse interprets these findings as:

The wound care nurse understands that the most frequent cause of TENS/SJS is:

Since traumatic wounds are often left open until infection and edema are controlled, which intervention may be used to facilitate granulation and contraction of the wound?

Vitamin C is known to promote would healing. Which foods would provide a good source of Vitamin C?

In some organizations, asset management is the identification, inventory, and documentation of the current information system’s status—hardware, software, and networking configurations. __________