WEB WOC OSTOMY CARE ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 3 principles of wound care.
Answer: 1. identify and control cause
2. support the host
3. optimize a physiologic wound environment
⩥ wound goal: healing.
Answer: wound is expected to resolve, host support addressed, proper
wound management delivered, patient adherent
⩥ wound goal: maintenance.
Answer: wound is not expected to close to due inability to address host
factors, maintain the wound while reducing risk for infection and
deterioration
⩥ wound goal: palliative.
Answer: due to end stage disease or terminal illness, wound care is
provided based upon patient and families wishes for EOL care
,may include management of exudate, odor, pain, and infection
prevention
⩥ cofactors.
Answer: things that may affect the host's wound healing ability
ex: malnutrition, smoking, pain, edema, homelessness
⩥ comorbidities.
Answer: diseases that may affect the host's wound healing ability
ex: diabetes, PVD, COPD, depression, anemia
⩥ wound bed perparation.
Answer: cleanse, remove nonviable tissues, prevent or manage
infection/inflammation, maintain moisture balance, control
odor/drainage, eliminate dead space, protect periwound, minimize
discomfort
⩥ contact inhibition.
Answer: as epithelial cells migrate laterally, at some point they come
into contact with each other and stop migration
, the wound is now considered closed and epithelial cells begin to migrate
vertically to fill in and increase skin thickness where the wound was
⩥ acute wound exudate.
Answer: comprised of pro-repair elements such as growth factors
⩥ chronic wound exudate.
Answer: comprised of pro-inflammatory elements such as cytokines and
proteases which tend to keep the tissue in the inflammatory phase
⩥ moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR).
Answer: measurement of the passage of water vapor through a substance
measurement of a dressings' permeability
ability of a moisture retentive dressing to maintain wound bed hydration
⩥ ECM-extracellular matrix.
Answer: granulation tissue which is comprised of capillary loops and
connective tissue proteins is also known as ECM, ECM will fill in the
wound defect, largest component of the skin and provides unique
properties of elasticity and tensile strength. Provisional ECM is the
framework for wound healing, formed through the synthesis of
connective tissue proteins.
PAPER 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ 3 principles of wound care.
Answer: 1. identify and control cause
2. support the host
3. optimize a physiologic wound environment
⩥ wound goal: healing.
Answer: wound is expected to resolve, host support addressed, proper
wound management delivered, patient adherent
⩥ wound goal: maintenance.
Answer: wound is not expected to close to due inability to address host
factors, maintain the wound while reducing risk for infection and
deterioration
⩥ wound goal: palliative.
Answer: due to end stage disease or terminal illness, wound care is
provided based upon patient and families wishes for EOL care
,may include management of exudate, odor, pain, and infection
prevention
⩥ cofactors.
Answer: things that may affect the host's wound healing ability
ex: malnutrition, smoking, pain, edema, homelessness
⩥ comorbidities.
Answer: diseases that may affect the host's wound healing ability
ex: diabetes, PVD, COPD, depression, anemia
⩥ wound bed perparation.
Answer: cleanse, remove nonviable tissues, prevent or manage
infection/inflammation, maintain moisture balance, control
odor/drainage, eliminate dead space, protect periwound, minimize
discomfort
⩥ contact inhibition.
Answer: as epithelial cells migrate laterally, at some point they come
into contact with each other and stop migration
, the wound is now considered closed and epithelial cells begin to migrate
vertically to fill in and increase skin thickness where the wound was
⩥ acute wound exudate.
Answer: comprised of pro-repair elements such as growth factors
⩥ chronic wound exudate.
Answer: comprised of pro-inflammatory elements such as cytokines and
proteases which tend to keep the tissue in the inflammatory phase
⩥ moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR).
Answer: measurement of the passage of water vapor through a substance
measurement of a dressings' permeability
ability of a moisture retentive dressing to maintain wound bed hydration
⩥ ECM-extracellular matrix.
Answer: granulation tissue which is comprised of capillary loops and
connective tissue proteins is also known as ECM, ECM will fill in the
wound defect, largest component of the skin and provides unique
properties of elasticity and tensile strength. Provisional ECM is the
framework for wound healing, formed through the synthesis of
connective tissue proteins.
