The nurse is explaining wound healing to a patient. Which of the ...

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The nurse is explaining wound healing to a patient. Which of the following statements explains the healing that occurs during the inflammatory stage of wound healing in a full-thickness wound?
 
  a. A reduction in the size of the wound is noted.
  b. The epithelial cells duplicate.
  c. Synthesis of collagen occurs at the site.
  d. Blood flow to the wound and arrival of white blood cells are increased.

Question 2

A 72-year-old patient is admitted to the hospital with a medical diagnosis of intestinal failure. Which intervention should the nurse include in the plan of care to deliver nutritional needs?
 
  a. Enteral
  b. Parenteral
  c. A combination of enteral and parenteral
  d. Oral

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Answer to Question 1

D
Vasodilatation occurs, allowing plasma and blood cells to leak into the wound, noted as edema, erythema, and exudate. Leukocytes (white blood cells) arrive in the wound to begin wound cleanup. Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, appear and begin to regulate wound repair. The result of the inflammatory phase is a clean wound bed in the patient with an uncomplicated wound. It is during the proliferative stage, not the inflammatory stage, that contraction causes a reduction in the size of the wound, duplication of epithelial cells occurs, and collagen is synthesized.

Answer to Question 2

B
In situations where partial or complete intestinal failure has occurred and oral nutrition or enteral tube feeding is not possible, parenteral nutrition (PN) is the therapy of choice. When a patient's gastrointestinal (GI) tract is functional, clinicians assess the patient and choose the best method of delivering nutritional needs, which may include enteral feeding, parenteral feeding, or a combination of both.