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  1. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    http://www.educators2000plus.com/kfacourse.htm Here is the site of another diabetic foot course. Looks like this Physical Therapist travels around the country giving this course. No hands on nail...

  2. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    http://aofas.org/cde.cfm?event=34577 Here is the site of a foot care course that looks interesting. It is in New Orleans in May. Check it

  3. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Unfortunately WOCN is only a RN organization. You need to contact your board of nursing and take the bull by the horns and make it happen! There are hundreds of LPN's in Canada with their own...

  4. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    You are wrong about the BSN requirement. The WOCN did a survey and found out that most of the RN's who are doing foot care are associate degree nurses. THIS CERTIFICATION WILL BE FOR ASSOCIATE...

  5. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I had to sign a confidentiality agreement regarding information on the credentialing exam committee. I think it is ok that I have mentioned that there will be process in the future but will have to...

  6. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    After a year of meetings and planning, I have decided not to incorporate with the non-nursing business partner and his wife I have been meeting with. I think it is great, Lois, that you have found...

  7. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I was just browsing through our California Nurse Practice Act ( a very interesting document!) and found out that there is such thing as "implied" consent. In other words, if a client voluntarily...

  8. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    tutti can you give me a fax number or email address and i can fax or email you my makeshift consent? I found out something I did not know today from the consultant at the state board of RN for...

  9. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I strongly urge all of you with either an LPN or LVN license to ask your state boards about a certification process for your profession. I know the Canadians are looking into that right now, as most...

  10. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Tutti Am going out of town for the week end but will post you what I am using. However I have no idea how legal it is. I used part of a consent form that my Canadian nurse friend uses and added my...

  11. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    adrienurse, You are right. Complete Foot Course is sort of false advertising. However, it does look like a good course. It is put on by MD's and RN's so there is not the competative factor like the...

  12. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Check out this site by the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. They have an anual COMPLETE FOOT CARE COURSE that targets all health professionals dealing with feet and has a special tract...

  13. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Glad you liked the book. It is one of the best. The only error I found in it is in the part that addresses capillary refill time. It says it should be under 30 seconds and that is a typo! I think...

  14. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    I spoke with 2 nurses from the certifiying board at the WOCN the other day and got some good news. This certification process is going to be open to Associate Degree nurses. I was first informed...

  15. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Foot care is only covered by medicare in very "sick" feet. A person has to have severe PVD, no pulses, or a high risk diabetic with peripheral neuropathy. Infected, painful fungal nails are also...

  16. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Tutti Nurses can still do foot care who are not certified. Certification is just one avenue for those nurses who like to collect things to put on their walls. Don't get me wrong, certification...

  17. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    WOCN Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses OR Wound Care Nurses as they are commonly called. They are a large organization out of Kansas City. They have a WEB site but I do not have it off

  18. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Hi, In reality, you are not certified, even in Canada. What you have is a certificate of completion and they are two different things. I have discussed this with Pat Mc Donald who is an LPN and...

  19. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    Foot Care for Salon Professionals by Dr. Oscar Mixx published by Malady Press ( I think) Look on Amazon.com. Great book, should be called Foot Care for Health Care Professionals. WAY beyond the...

  20. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    If you copy and paste this web page, you should get information on a Level One foot care course for health professionals given by the folks at LEAP ( Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program) in...

  21. Foot care training

    guest*** replied to kernow's topic in Nurse Entrepreneurs, Innovators

    This is the first time I have posted any message on this forum. I found the forum by doing a search on the interenet on foot care courses and came up with allnurse.com. I am a foot care nurse in...