Nursing II Wound Ostomy and
Continence test 4 questions with
answers
What is WOCN Society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Wound Ostomy or Continence
When was WOCN Society founded? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In 1968
How many health care professionals are in WOCN society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔4,800
What members are included in the WOCN? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔RNS, who are
experts in WOC and food and nail care
Who are WOC Nurses? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Formerly known as Enterostomal
Therapy (ET) nurses
- Ar RN with BSN or higher degrees
What does a WOC nurse specialize in? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In the care of
patients with wounds, ostomies, or continence disorders
Expert wound care and Chronic and acute wounds include? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Neuropathic wounds
Pressure ulcers
Surgical Wounds
Trauma Wounds
Vascular Wounds (Venous, Arterial)
,What is the estimated prevalence of pressure ulcers? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔14-
17% acute care
27.3% long-term care
3-10% home health care
What are some requirements for expert wound care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Prevention strategies
support surface for pressure redistribution
Complex treatment modalities
Adjunctive therapies = Wound vacs
Types of ostomies - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Colostomy
Urostomy
Ileostomy
Urinary and fecal continent diversions
What teaching needs to be done for expert ostomy care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Pre-operative and post-operative ostomy care
Who decides the site selection for the stoma ? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The doctor
What needs to be decided for the proper bag? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Product
selection and complex prosthetic fitting for emptying and changing
Why is it important to change or replace ostomy care bags? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Prevention and treatment of periostomal skin irritation and complications
, If a new patient get a ostomy place what support do they need? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Counseling and psychosocial support for lifestyle and quality of life issues
Why is skin care important for continence care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Prevention
and treatment of incontinence associated to dermatitis = stool and urine and also
biofeedback
What does CFCN mean? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Certified Foot Care Nurses
CFCN nurses have elevated the quality of care for patients in? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Hospitals
Long-term care facilities
Podiatry offices
Patient's own home
Who can join the WOCN society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Any full time student
studying to become a RN with either AS, BSN, or diploma.
Nursing students get 50% off membership fees
What causes skin damage? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pressure
How is pressure create? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pressure is created when the
external surface against the skin and the person's skeleton compresses soft tissue sufficiently
to interrupt circulation to the skin
If circulation is interrupted for a long period what happens? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Tissue ischemia and tissue death occur
What is Hypoxia? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The amount of pressure necessary to
compress capillaries. It is blocking the nutrient supply/removal of waste products varies
Continence test 4 questions with
answers
What is WOCN Society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Wound Ostomy or Continence
When was WOCN Society founded? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In 1968
How many health care professionals are in WOCN society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔4,800
What members are included in the WOCN? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔RNS, who are
experts in WOC and food and nail care
Who are WOC Nurses? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Formerly known as Enterostomal
Therapy (ET) nurses
- Ar RN with BSN or higher degrees
What does a WOC nurse specialize in? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔In the care of
patients with wounds, ostomies, or continence disorders
Expert wound care and Chronic and acute wounds include? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Neuropathic wounds
Pressure ulcers
Surgical Wounds
Trauma Wounds
Vascular Wounds (Venous, Arterial)
,What is the estimated prevalence of pressure ulcers? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔14-
17% acute care
27.3% long-term care
3-10% home health care
What are some requirements for expert wound care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Prevention strategies
support surface for pressure redistribution
Complex treatment modalities
Adjunctive therapies = Wound vacs
Types of ostomies - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Colostomy
Urostomy
Ileostomy
Urinary and fecal continent diversions
What teaching needs to be done for expert ostomy care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Pre-operative and post-operative ostomy care
Who decides the site selection for the stoma ? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The doctor
What needs to be decided for the proper bag? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Product
selection and complex prosthetic fitting for emptying and changing
Why is it important to change or replace ostomy care bags? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Prevention and treatment of periostomal skin irritation and complications
, If a new patient get a ostomy place what support do they need? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Counseling and psychosocial support for lifestyle and quality of life issues
Why is skin care important for continence care? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Prevention
and treatment of incontinence associated to dermatitis = stool and urine and also
biofeedback
What does CFCN mean? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Certified Foot Care Nurses
CFCN nurses have elevated the quality of care for patients in? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Hospitals
Long-term care facilities
Podiatry offices
Patient's own home
Who can join the WOCN society? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Any full time student
studying to become a RN with either AS, BSN, or diploma.
Nursing students get 50% off membership fees
What causes skin damage? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pressure
How is pressure create? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔Pressure is created when the
external surface against the skin and the person's skeleton compresses soft tissue sufficiently
to interrupt circulation to the skin
If circulation is interrupted for a long period what happens? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS
**✔✔Tissue ischemia and tissue death occur
What is Hypoxia? - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔The amount of pressure necessary to
compress capillaries. It is blocking the nutrient supply/removal of waste products varies
