Practise wound diagnosis, perfusion and infection decisions, advanced therapy selection, and defensible documentation across NAWCO AWCC's three examination domains. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the NAWCO AWCC Advanced Wound Care Preparation Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO) · AWCC Candidate Examination Handbook, May 2026, consulted 2026-10-10. The workbook label 'Advanced Certified Wound Care Nurse (AWCC)' maps to NAWCO's multidisciplinary Advanced Wound Care Certified (AWCC) credential and its Advanced Wound Care Certification Examination. The assigned slug is preserved. Domain mapping follows the explicitly titled Examination Content Blueprint on printed page 22; conflicting weights elsewhere in the handbook are disclosed in sourceEvidence and notes.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- AWCC Candidate Examination Handbook — May 2026
- IWGDF/IDSA Guidelines on Diabetes-Related Foot Infections — 2023
- Intersocietal IWGDF, ESVS and SVS Peripheral Artery Disease Guideline — 2023
- IWGDF Offloading Guideline — 2023
- IWGDF Wound Healing Interventions Guideline — 2023
- IWGDF Prevention Guideline — 2023
- NPIAP Pressure Injury Staging Poster — September 2016
- International Guideline, Fourth Edition — Repositioning
- International Guideline, Fourth Edition — Preventing Heel Pressure Injuries
- WOCN Compression for Lower Extremity Venous Disease and Lymphedema
- FDA Special Controls Guidance for Non-Powered NPWT Devices
- Surgical Dressings — Policy Article A54563
- Surgical Dressings — LCD L33831
- The Use of Visceral Proteins as Nutrition Markers: An ASPEN Position Paper
- Convatec KALTOSTAT Calcium Sodium Alginate Dressing
- Smith+Nephew INTRASITE Gel Instructions for Use — March 2020
- AMA Code of Medical Ethics — Informed Consent
- 1260675g6.pdf
- Support Surfaces — International Guideline
- IWGDF-2023-04-Infection-Guideline.pdf
- LCD - Wound and Ulcer Care (L38902)
- Appropriate-Use-Visceral-Proteins-Nutrition-Screening-Assessment.pdf
Advanced Wound Care Certification Examination
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A patient with diabetes has a nonhealing plantar ulcer, an ABI of 1.48, and monophasic pedal Doppler waveforms. Which next assessment best resolves the discordant vascular findings?
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