Can Operating Room nurse become a wound care nurse

[ManNurse_Thomas]

Hey i graduated from Nursing school in May of 2014 and have been working in the operating room since Jan 2015. I have always been interested in becoming a wound care nurse and i was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on if there is still a chance for me to become a wound care nurse with just operating room experience. Thank you very much!

[arack05]

I dont see why not.

The type of cases you're doing will determine how good you are dealing with wounds.

If youre doing mostly cataracts I cant see that benefiting your goals of becoming a wound care nurse at all.

But in my ORs we (somewhat) frequently have cases with wound-vacs.

So if you really want to become a woundcare nurse id recommend getting involved thrown into as many wound-vac cases are you can. Im sure the surgeons would even let you get hands on with it, and your unit management/educator would be glad if you told them you want to become a woundvac expert

[Libby1987]

If you're talking about getting certified there are clinical hour requirements. There's a wound nurse forum in specialties where you can get specifica.