WEB WOC Seminars in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence
(WOC) Nursing Practice EXAM 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED
VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As a WOC Nurse, manufacturer representatives will seek your time and attention to look at new
product and, potentially, recommend purchasing that product for use in your health care setting. In this
situation, you are the target of the marketing approach and would be an example of a/an:
a. Decision-maker.
b. Influencer.
c. End-user.
d. Collaborator. - answer>>b. Influencer.
Why is it important to clearly delineate your products and services to the health care team and care
setting administration? Select the BEST answer below:
a. Administrators, nurses, and providers can utilize a full range of your services.
b. Marketing efforts in the care system can identify a broad range of patient services it provides.
c. Regulatory bodies can recognize the proper use of your services.
d. Insurance companies can utilize your services in Quality Improvement initiatives. - answer>>a.
Administrators, nurses, and providers can utilize a full range of your services.
What products and services does the Wound Care Nurse Specialist provide?
a. Wound assessment, topical management, and surgical sharp debridement.
b. Risk management activities that document admission skin issues, early prevention, and reduced
recidivism (reoffending) approaches.
c. Patient assessment, referral to other health care professionals and ordering diagnostic tests.
,d. Evidence-based care, individualized care that may not always be evidence-based, following traditions
in wound care as a primary approach. - answer>>b. Risk management activities that document
admission skin issues, early prevention, and reduced recidivism (reoffending) approaches.
Which of the following statements is accurate and characteristic of an outcome?
a. Outcomes are nurse focused.
b. Monitoring the number of patients seen and the length of each visit is one type of outcome measure.
c. Outcomes reflect the end result of a process, treatment or an intervention
d. The best way to measure an outcome is to collect the data retrospectively through a chart audit. -
answer>>c. Outcomes reflect the end result of a process, treatment or an intervention
A benefit of your role is improved quality of patient care. Which of the following pieces of data will
provide evidence to support that benefit?
a. A survey summarizing staff satisfaction with WOC nursing services.
b. Increase length of hospital stay for the patient with ostomy, wound, or incontinence care problem.
c. Decreased utilization of specialty support surfaces.
d. Reduced incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections after implementing bladder health
program - answer>>d. Reduced incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections after
implementing bladder health program
90-year-old female in a nursing home has a partial thickness wound with a fully approximated
epidermal flap on her left forearm. Identify the type of skin damage present:
a. Stage 2 pressure injury
b. Skin tear, Type 1
c. Skin tear, Type 2
d. Skin tear, Type 3 - answer>>b. Skin tear, Type 1
, Which of the following treatments would be most appropriate for the management of a partial
thickness wound with a fully approximated epidermal flap?
a. Re-approximate edges and apply a non-adherent dressing
b. Apply transparent film dressing
c. Apply hydrocolloid dressing
d. Utilize antibiotic ointment with gauze and Kerlix (gauze bandage wrap) roll - answer>>a. Re-
approximate edges and apply a non-adherent dressing
A 98-year-old has a pressure injury that is not healing. She has a low zinc level. How does the low zinc
level affect her wound healing?
a. Collagen synthesis will be delayed
b. MMP levels will be low
c. Increased oxygen transport
d. Pre-albumin visceral stores will be depleted - answer>>a. Collagen synthesis will be delayed
You are called to the neonatal intensive care unit regarding appropriate products to use on the skin of
neonates. Which of the following products would be considered safe to use on the neonate's skin?
a. Triple antibiotic ointment
b. Silicone
c. Adhesive removers
d. Balsam of Peru - answer>>b. Silicone
Which of the following indicates the patient with a wound needs further nutritional assessment? An
unintended weight loss of:
a. 5 lbs. in 30 days
b. 5% in 60 days
(WOC) Nursing Practice EXAM 2026-2027 LATEST UPDATED
VERSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
As a WOC Nurse, manufacturer representatives will seek your time and attention to look at new
product and, potentially, recommend purchasing that product for use in your health care setting. In this
situation, you are the target of the marketing approach and would be an example of a/an:
a. Decision-maker.
b. Influencer.
c. End-user.
d. Collaborator. - answer>>b. Influencer.
Why is it important to clearly delineate your products and services to the health care team and care
setting administration? Select the BEST answer below:
a. Administrators, nurses, and providers can utilize a full range of your services.
b. Marketing efforts in the care system can identify a broad range of patient services it provides.
c. Regulatory bodies can recognize the proper use of your services.
d. Insurance companies can utilize your services in Quality Improvement initiatives. - answer>>a.
Administrators, nurses, and providers can utilize a full range of your services.
What products and services does the Wound Care Nurse Specialist provide?
a. Wound assessment, topical management, and surgical sharp debridement.
b. Risk management activities that document admission skin issues, early prevention, and reduced
recidivism (reoffending) approaches.
c. Patient assessment, referral to other health care professionals and ordering diagnostic tests.
,d. Evidence-based care, individualized care that may not always be evidence-based, following traditions
in wound care as a primary approach. - answer>>b. Risk management activities that document
admission skin issues, early prevention, and reduced recidivism (reoffending) approaches.
Which of the following statements is accurate and characteristic of an outcome?
a. Outcomes are nurse focused.
b. Monitoring the number of patients seen and the length of each visit is one type of outcome measure.
c. Outcomes reflect the end result of a process, treatment or an intervention
d. The best way to measure an outcome is to collect the data retrospectively through a chart audit. -
answer>>c. Outcomes reflect the end result of a process, treatment or an intervention
A benefit of your role is improved quality of patient care. Which of the following pieces of data will
provide evidence to support that benefit?
a. A survey summarizing staff satisfaction with WOC nursing services.
b. Increase length of hospital stay for the patient with ostomy, wound, or incontinence care problem.
c. Decreased utilization of specialty support surfaces.
d. Reduced incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections after implementing bladder health
program - answer>>d. Reduced incidence of catheter associated urinary tract infections after
implementing bladder health program
90-year-old female in a nursing home has a partial thickness wound with a fully approximated
epidermal flap on her left forearm. Identify the type of skin damage present:
a. Stage 2 pressure injury
b. Skin tear, Type 1
c. Skin tear, Type 2
d. Skin tear, Type 3 - answer>>b. Skin tear, Type 1
, Which of the following treatments would be most appropriate for the management of a partial
thickness wound with a fully approximated epidermal flap?
a. Re-approximate edges and apply a non-adherent dressing
b. Apply transparent film dressing
c. Apply hydrocolloid dressing
d. Utilize antibiotic ointment with gauze and Kerlix (gauze bandage wrap) roll - answer>>a. Re-
approximate edges and apply a non-adherent dressing
A 98-year-old has a pressure injury that is not healing. She has a low zinc level. How does the low zinc
level affect her wound healing?
a. Collagen synthesis will be delayed
b. MMP levels will be low
c. Increased oxygen transport
d. Pre-albumin visceral stores will be depleted - answer>>a. Collagen synthesis will be delayed
You are called to the neonatal intensive care unit regarding appropriate products to use on the skin of
neonates. Which of the following products would be considered safe to use on the neonate's skin?
a. Triple antibiotic ointment
b. Silicone
c. Adhesive removers
d. Balsam of Peru - answer>>b. Silicone
Which of the following indicates the patient with a wound needs further nutritional assessment? An
unintended weight loss of:
a. 5 lbs. in 30 days
b. 5% in 60 days
