Continence 2025/2026 Exam All Answers
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What is WOCN Society? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Wound Ostomy or Continence
When was WOCN Society founded? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔In 1968
How many health care professionals are in WOCN society? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔4,800
What members are included in the WOCN? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔RNS, who are
expects in WOC and food and nail care
Who are WOC Nurses? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Formerly known as Enterostomal
Therapy (ET) nurses
- Ar RN with BSN or higher degrees
What does a WOC nurse specialize in? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔In the care of
patients with wounds, ostomies, or continence disorders
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,Expert wound care and Chronic and acute wounds include? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Neuropathic wounds
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Pressure ulcers
Surgical Wounds
Trauma Wounds
Vascular Wounds (Venous, Arterial)
What is the estimated prevalence of pressure ulcers? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔14-
17% acute care
27.3% long-term care
3-10% home health care
What are some recommends for expert wound care? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Prevention strategies
support surface for pressure redistribution
Complex treatment modalities
Adjunctive therapies = Wound vacs
Types of ostomies - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Colostomy
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, Urostomy
Lleostomy
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Urinary and fecal continent diversions
What teaching needs to be done for expert ostomy care? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Pre-operative and post-operative ostomy care
Who decides the site selection for the stoma ? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The doctor
What needs to be decided for the proper bag? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Product
selection and complex prosthetic fitting for emptying and changing
Why is it important to change or replace ostomy care bags? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Prevention and treatment of periostomal skin irritation and
complications
If a new patient get a ostomy place what support do they need? - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Counseling and psychosocial support for lifestyle and quality
of life issues
Why is skin care important for continence care? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Prevention and treatment of incontinence associated to dermatitis =
stool and urine and also biofeedback
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