Author Question: What is the primary difference between acute and chronic wounds? Chronic wounds: a. Are ... (Read 55 times)

ENagel · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

What is the primary difference between acute and chronic wounds? Chronic wounds:

a. Are full-thickness wounds, but acute wounds are superficial
b. Result from pressure, but acute wounds result from surgery
c. Are usually infected, whereas acute wounds are contaminated
d. Exceed the typical healing time, but acute wounds heal readily

Question 2

A 6-year-old boy is admitted to the hospital for a surgical procedure associated with a hospital stay. When the nurse asks his mother about the boy's sleep patterns, she says,

Sometimes he will get out of bed, walk into the kitchen, and get the cereal out of the cabinet. Then he just turns around and goes back to bed. The nurse explains that he is sleepwalking. The best nursing diagnosis for Tad would be:
a. Risk for Insomnia related to sleepwalking.
b. Risk for Fatigue related to sleepwalking.
c. Disturbed Sleep Pattern related to dyssomnia.
d. Risk for Injury related to sleepwalking.