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cherise1989

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A client has several dark thick scars on body locations from previous surgeries and injuries. The nurse realizes this occurs during which phase of wound healing?
 
  1. Exudative.
  2. Proliferative.
  3. Inflammatory.
  4. Maturation.

Question 2

The nurse documents that a client's postoperative wound is purosanguinous. What did the nurse assess in this client's wound?
 
  1. Water and red blood cells.
  2. Pus and red blood cells.
  3. Watery drainage.
  4. Pus.



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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 4
Rationale 1: Exudative is not a phase of wound healing.
Rationale 2: Keloid formation does not occur during the proliferative phase of wound healing.
Rationale 3: Keloid formation does not occur during the inflammatory phase of wound healing.
Rationale 4: Dark thick scars or keloids are caused by an abnormal amount of collagen during the maturation phase of healing.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Water and red blood cells would be considered serosanguinous drainage.
Rationale 2: Purosanguinous drainage consists of purulent drainage and red blood cells.
Rationale 3: Watery drainage would be considered serous drainage.
Rationale 4: Pus would be considered purulent drainage.



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