Slough Skin [reaction] Frequency once per day; Trigger The cave worm would be affected by a condition or adverse effect (such as cursed metamorphosis); Effect The cave worm negates the triggering condition or effect by sloughing an outer layer of its skin. Effects from artifacts, deities, or a similarly powerful source can't be avoided in this way.
"Adverse effect" is a very broad term. A Strike would be an adverse effect, as would a fireball spell or a fall off a cliff. Yet the only example provided here is cursed metamorphosis. Does that mean it's only referring to lasting effects (like laughing fit's reaction prevention or some lingering penalty) that aren't technically conditions but are applied similarly to conditions?
And as for triggering conditions, observed is a condition. Could the worm somehow shed its skin to avoid detection?
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I am pretty sure this just applies to debuffs. Various conditions/spell effects especially when it refers to negating the triggering condition. I doubt a basic strike would count but given it is a once per day effect I am not sure it would matter to much if a GM allowed it. It would be kind of a waste to do it on a strike unless that strike would be fatal.
As for observed the action is not concealing you so in theory you could blip the observed status but would be immediately reobserved. Honestly it would almost make logical sense for that to happen even you lose the worm for a second in the mass of sloughed off skin but would be almost immediately picked back up again and reobserved.