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1
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Is skin acidic or basic

Level

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Acidic (4-6.8)

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PH of urine

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4.5 - 8

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Urine contains what which is what

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Ammonia which is alkaline

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PH of feces

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7.8 - alkaline

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Liquid feces are what

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More alkaline

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5 functions of skin cleansers

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Emulsifies waste products
 Neutralizes drainage and odors
 Cleans bacteria from surface
 Removes surface debris
 Reduces periwound surface bacteria
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Precautions of skin cleansers

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Use around the wound, not in it.

Could have local irritation or allergic response

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Protects from outside insults

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Zinc oxide

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Comes off with oil

Can apply to abdominal pad or telfa pad and leave on the skin

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Zinc oxide

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Soothes skin from urine burns and wound drainage
Repels moisture
Conditions skin

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Aloe vesta barrier cream

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11
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Indications of aloe vesta barrier cream

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Maceration

Excoriation

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Antifungal cream is used when

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Only when theres a fungus

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If you have someone with a breakdown and urine and feces, which skin cleanser thing do you use

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Zinc oxide

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Incontinence associated dermatitis -diarrhea increases risk of pressure ulcers in that area how many times more

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22x

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Incontinence associated dermatitis treatment

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Skin barrier cream or skin prep

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Biggest issue with incontinence associated dermatitis

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Consistency with applying

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17
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Flexiseal is treatment for

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Fecal incontinence

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18
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How long can flexiseal stay for

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Up to 29 days

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19
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Inflammation of the skin that occurs when urine or stool comes into contact with
perineal or perigenital skin

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Incontinence associated dermatitis

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Traumatic wounds caused by friction and/or shearing

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Skin tears

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21
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How do you classify skin tears

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Payne Martin classification system

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Payne Martin I

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Skin tear without tissue loss

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Payne Martin II

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Partial tissue loss

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Payne Martin III

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Skin tear with complete tissue loss (epidermal flap is gone)

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Skin tears are what kind of wounds?
Partial thickness
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What dressing would you NEVER put on a skin tear?
Hydrocolloid
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Location of skin tears in mobile person
Legs
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Location of skin tears in immobile patients
Elbows, hands, forearms
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Skin tears may heal within?
1-3 weeks
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If any flap left, how do you keep it in place?
Steri strip
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A surgically created opening in the | abdomen through which the intestine is brought up to the surface of the skin
Ostomy
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First choice for skin tears
Hydrogel or ?
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New opening after ostomy is called?
Stoma
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Through the colon
Colostomy
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Through the ileum
Ileostomy
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Through the ureter
Urostomy
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Inflammation of the skin with itching, redness, skin lesions
Dermatitis
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viral infection causing vesicular eruptions of the skin on the face or mouth; akacold sore or fever blister
Herpes I (herpes simplex)
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Common cause ofvesicular genital eruptions; spread by sexual contact
Herpes II
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(shingles)—caused by varicella zoster | virus (chickenpox)
Herpes zoster
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Treatment for herpes zoster
Silvadine
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Caused by and infestation of mites in outer layers of skin
Scabies
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Ringworm is aka
Tinea
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In scabies, note what?
Track-like burrowing
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Characterized by relentless itching, pimple-like rash, scales or blisters, and track-like burrows in the skin
Scabies
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Chronic recurrent inflammatory disease | Pathology: alteration of keratinocyte reproduction cycle
Psoriasis
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People with sickle cell live with?
Low HgB
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Cancerous lesion involving skin, which is open and draining
Fungating wounds
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Most common site of fungating wounds
Breast
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Signs and Sx of fungating wounds
Onset or change in pain Odor Change in appearance
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May look like cauliflower or crater Bleed easily Foul odor Large exudate
Fungating wounds
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Treatment for fungating wounds
Autolytic or enzymatic debridement
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Management of malignant wounds acronym:
HOPES
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WHAT does hopes Stand for?
``` Hemorrhage Odor Pain Exudate Superficial infection ```

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