NUR 2206 Midterm 5
- Hemostasis
Answer Right after tissue injury, clotting, swelling, pain
- Inflammatory phase
Answer 4-6 days long, phagocytosis, generalized body response to inflammatory processes
- Proliferation phase
Answer Several weeks long, fibroblasts make collagen + growth factors, capillaries grow, granulation occurs
- Maturation
Answer Starts around day 21; collagen is remodeled + deposited
- Primary intention
Answer Wound edges are well-approximated, minimal scarring
- Secondary
Answer Edges not well-approximated, heals from bottom up by granulation tissue (pressure sore)
- Tertiary
Answer Delayed primary intention (ie abdominal wound that's kept open to allow drainage)
- Dehiscence 1 / 2
Answer Bursting open of wound
- Stage 1 sore
Answer Nonblanchable erythema
- Stage 2 sore
Answer Partial thickness skin loss, blister possible
- Stage 3 sore
Answer Full-thickness skin damage, NO bone/tendon/muscle visible
- Stage 4 sore
Answer Bone/tendon/muscle YES visible
- Unstageable
Answer Too much slough/eschar to determine depth
- Why wash distal to proximal?
Answer Stimulates venous circulation
- Isotonic exercise
Answer Muscle shortening + movement
- Isometric
- / 2
Answer Muscle contracts without shortening