A 40-hr clinical practicum with an approved preceptor is required to complete each of the Wound/Ostomy or Continence Scope(s)....

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This presentation will review pressure injury stages, unstageable pressure injuries, deep tissue pressure injury, moisture-associated skin damage, medical device-related pressure injuries, mucosal pressure injuries, skin failure, and other non-pressure ulcers. Participants will also gain practical guidance on documentation requirements that support accurate coding, reporting, and claims submission....

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the care of clients across the lifespan who are at risk for skin breakdown, have impaired skin integrity, or have an existing wound. Learners will gain knowledge of wound and skin complication etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings, and evidence-based management options. Emphasis is...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the care of the client across the lifespan who may be at risk for skin breakdown, who has a break in skin integrity or who has an existing wound.  Specifically, learners will gain knowledge of the etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings and management...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the care of the client across the lifespan who may be at risk for skin breakdown, who has a break in skin integrity or who has an existing wound.  Specifically, learners will gain knowledge of the etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings and management...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the care of the client across the lifespan who may be at risk for skin breakdown, who has a break in skin integrity or who has an existing wound.  Specifically, learners will gain knowledge of the etiology, differential diagnoses, clinical findings and management...

BUNDLE ONE: Foot Care Specialist Essentials & Lower Extremity Wound Prevention & Treatment. This program provides the non-specialist nurse or healthcare provider the educational courses required to become a footcare specialist as outlined by the WOCNCB (Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Certification Board). CONTACT HOURS: 30.75 Learner will have access...

BUNDLE TWO: Foot Care Specialist Essentials: FAST-TRACK. This program provides the CORE educational courses required to become a foot care specialist as outlined by the WOCNCB (Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Certification Board) for those who are currently a Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN, CWON, or CWOCN). CONTACT HOURS: 17.6...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course is designed to increase the knowledge of the nurse generalist to the advanced practitioner level in the ability to assess the perineal skin; identify, prevent, and treat incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD). INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Nurses of all levels, WOC Nurses, Continence Specialists, Pharmacists, OTs, PTs PRESENTER(S)...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: FN525.1: This presentation differentiates between scopes of practice and roles of the foot care specialist in providing foot, nail and skin care of the lower extremity. The impact of how licensing affects practice level is also addressed. In addition, characteristics of Foot Care Specialist clients are presented....

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This Continence Rapid Review Course is intended to assess the participant’s gaps in knowledge in evidence-based, comprehensive continence care as well as to prepare the participant to sit for the WOCNCB Continence Certification Exam. This interactive course reviews general principles of assessment, identification of bowel and bladder...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the care of the client in all care settings who has fecal and/or urinary incontinence.  Specifically, the participant will gain knowledge of transient versus permanent incontinence as well as approaches to manage both.  Classification of the types of urinary incontinence will be described...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides healthcare practitioners information to understand how pharmacodynamic concepts apply to the management of bowel elimination dysfunctions. INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Nurses of all levels, WOC Nurses, Pharmacists, OTs, PTs PRESENTER(S): JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN PLANNING COMMITTEE: Debra Netsch, DNP, APRN, CNP, FNP-BC,...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This presentation presents information for healthcare practitioners to understand how pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic concepts apply to the management of adults with overactive bladder or urge incontinence. INTENDED AUDIENCE:  Nurses of all levels, WOC Nurses, Pharmacists, OTs, PTs PRESENTER(S): JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN PLANNING...

COURSE DESCRIPTION: There is a great need for evidence-based foot care by healthcare professionals that are knowledgeable regarding normal and abnormal foot anatomy and function. This presentation identifies the normal structure and function of the foot and the implications of foot disorders on the care of the foot. INTENDED...