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The WCC exam has 110 questions and runs 2 hours.
These 10 free WCC questions are organized by exam domain, so you can see how each part of the Wound Care Certified (WCC) blueprint is tested. Reveal the answer and explanation under each question.
A nurse assesses a sacral wound with full-thickness skin loss in which subcutaneous fat is clearly visible. No muscle, tendon, or bone is exposed, and no slough or eschar obscures the wound base. According to the NPIAP staging system, this pressure injury is:
Correct answer: C - Stage 3 pressure injury
An immobile patient has an area of intact skin over the heel that is non-blanchable and deep purple-maroon in color. The area feels boggy compared with the surrounding tissue. This finding is BEST classified as a:
Correct answer: A - Deep tissue pressure injury
During assessment, the wound bed contains moist, stringy, loosely adherent tissue that is yellow in color. This tissue is MOST accurately documented as:
Correct answer: D - Slough
A patient has a wound on the lateral aspect of the ankle with a pale, 'punched-out' appearance, well-defined borders, and minimal drainage. The surrounding skin is shiny and hairless, pedal pulses are diminished, and the pain worsens when the leg is elevated. These findings are MOST consistent with a wound caused by:
Correct answer: B - Arterial insufficiency
A newly admitted patient has a total Braden Scale score of 11. Compared with a patient who scores 20, this patient's risk for pressure injury development is:
Correct answer: D - Higher, because a lower Braden score indicates greater risk
The wound care team wants the laboratory value that most sensitively reflects a patient's nutritional status over the past several days, in order to guide the plan of care. Which value is the BEST choice?
Correct answer: A - Prealbumin
A patient has a deep wound with copious exudate and a tract of undermining. Which dressing is MOST appropriate to manage the heavy drainage while conforming to the dead space?
Correct answer: C - Calcium alginate dressing
A shallow wound has a dry, adherent wound bed with scant drainage and no signs of infection. Which dressing choice BEST supports moisture balance and autolytic debridement?
Correct answer: B - Amorphous hydrogel
A patient's plan of care includes collagenase (enzymatic debridement) applied to the wound bed. The nurse should recognize that the enzyme's activity may be inactivated by the concurrent use of:
Correct answer: C - A silver-impregnated dressing
A patient with peripheral arterial disease has a heel covered by dry, hard, intact eschar. There is no drainage, erythema, fluctuance, or odor. The MOST appropriate action is to:
Correct answer: D - Keep the eschar dry and intact, and monitor the site
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