NUR 2206 Concepts

NUR 2206 Concepts
1. Factors affecting skin integrity and wound healing
Answer
- Developmental level (infants, older adults)
- Circulation (mobility, nutrition/hydration)
- physicalstature
- skin moisture (diaphoresis, incontinence)
- medical interventions
2. Intentional wound
Answer
on purpose (surgery)
3. unintentional wound
Answer
accident
4. open wound
Answer
surface of skin is broken
5. closed wound
Answer
injury beneath the skin
6. acute wound
Answer
usually heal within days to weeks
7. chronic wound
Answer
A wound that fails to progress to healing in a timely manner, often remaining open for an
extended period