SEM-580 Module 1 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS
The specialty of WOC nursing began:
a. in Atlanta near the Center for Disease Control
b. with RNs who recognized that patients with wounds needed access to care
c. after extensive research on post-op care of patients w/ ostomies
d. with a customer who was a patient - correct answer: d
The mother of WOC nursing began with a pt w/ an ostomy, Norma Gill, who recognized the
unmet needs of the ostomy pt. WOC nursing began at the Cleveland Clinic w/ its historic figures:
Dr. Rupert B. Turnbull Jr and Norma Gill-Thompson
Evidence-based practice in WOC nursing is identified as:
a. using the highest level of research available to justify practice
b. applying tradition-based interventions to WOC nursing practice
c. analyzing a combo of expert opinion, pt preference, and clinical guidelines to guide practice
d. selecting only interventions w/ a strong level of research for implementation into clinical
practice - correct answer: a
The WOC nurse should be using evidence in the form of research to guide practice rather than
tradition.
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
avascular, brick and mortar like structure, able to regenerate
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane
,c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: a
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
zipper like structure, downward projections of epidermis interlocks with dermis, flattens with
age, reduced cohesion in age extremities
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: b
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
vascularized and innervated, hair follicles, sweat and oil glands, residence of immune cells
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: c
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
, immediately below the epidermis, upward projections composed of loose areolar tissue
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: d
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
forms base of dermis, thick cable like fibers
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: e
The following general function describes which tissue type?
protective layer of the skin, acid mantle, synthesis of Vitamin D
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
ANSWERS
The specialty of WOC nursing began:
a. in Atlanta near the Center for Disease Control
b. with RNs who recognized that patients with wounds needed access to care
c. after extensive research on post-op care of patients w/ ostomies
d. with a customer who was a patient - correct answer: d
The mother of WOC nursing began with a pt w/ an ostomy, Norma Gill, who recognized the
unmet needs of the ostomy pt. WOC nursing began at the Cleveland Clinic w/ its historic figures:
Dr. Rupert B. Turnbull Jr and Norma Gill-Thompson
Evidence-based practice in WOC nursing is identified as:
a. using the highest level of research available to justify practice
b. applying tradition-based interventions to WOC nursing practice
c. analyzing a combo of expert opinion, pt preference, and clinical guidelines to guide practice
d. selecting only interventions w/ a strong level of research for implementation into clinical
practice - correct answer: a
The WOC nurse should be using evidence in the form of research to guide practice rather than
tradition.
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
avascular, brick and mortar like structure, able to regenerate
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane
,c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: a
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
zipper like structure, downward projections of epidermis interlocks with dermis, flattens with
age, reduced cohesion in age extremities
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: b
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
vascularized and innervated, hair follicles, sweat and oil glands, residence of immune cells
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: c
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
, immediately below the epidermis, upward projections composed of loose areolar tissue
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: d
The following characteristics describes which tissue type?
forms base of dermis, thick cable like fibers
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
d. papillary dermis
e. reticulated dermis - correct answer: e
The following general function describes which tissue type?
protective layer of the skin, acid mantle, synthesis of Vitamin D
a. epidermis
b. basement membrane zone and rete ridges
c. dermis
