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How would you become certified in wound care and not do the CWOCN? I thought that was the certification?

This is on the Wound Educators web site:

The Certified wound care associate (CWCA™): A basic certification in wound management. Healthcare professionals must have a minimum of three years of clinical experience to be eligible to take this exam.
The Certified Wound Specialist (CWS®): An advanced certification in wound management. Healthcare professionals with either a Bachelors, Doctoral or Master's degree in a life sciences related field and who have three or more years of clinical wound care experience are eligible to take the CWS examination.



There is also a certification through WOCN and here is their link: http://www.wocn.org/Education/
They have a WOC certification which you must have your BSN.

You can also be specifically Wound Care certified through WCEI
http://www.wcei.net/

Please be careful when choosing which agency to obtain your certification from!! I have heard that some agencies are not accrediated and their certification doesn't really mean anything.

Click this link to see a great comparison chart regarding certification agencies:
http://www.wocncb.org/become-certifi..._to_choose.pdf

WCEI is the group giving the course for WCC, but the test is given by the NAWC®. So completion of the course and passing the NAWC test gives you the WCC certification.