Quick Wound Care Question

I am having a hard time finding a website that discusses how a person goes about becoming training in wound care. There really is no training outside the hospital is there? Don't you just need to be a LVN or RN?

I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for, but I went to yahoo.com and put 'wound care education' in for the search and got a couple of websites that provided certification and education for nurses. I only glanced at them. Here's a couple....

http://www.wcei.net/

http://www.nurses.info/specialty_woundcare_edu.htm

Hope these help, or at least lead you in the right direction! Good luck! :)

I am having a hard time finding a website that discusses how a person goes about becoming training in wound care. There really is no training outside the hospital is there? Don't you just need to be a LVN or RN?

you may want to ask this question under the 'wound, ostomy and continence' forum towards the bottom of the page.

leslie

there is such a thng as a certification in wound and ostomy care nursing. The wound and ostomy care nurses at my hospital have both an advanced degre (MN) and are "CWOCN's" (certified wound ostomy care nurses.)

Humm...guess there is more to it than I thought! Thanks for the responses guys. And Leslie, I will post under the Wound boards too. Thanks again!

Try www.wocncb.org . You can request a handbook to study and then take the exam at one of the several locations they offer.

You do not have to be certified as a wound care /ostomy nurse to treat wounds. You can do so with your basic education. But there is indeed a lot of information and education about wounds available to nurses and it well worth seeking out.

It is a complex and amaizing area of practice. As ther are so many variations on wounds and causes and such. I have been privileged to see and treat things (in terms of wounds) most nurses never see let alone treat. I ahve seen and used a large variety of treatments as not everything works in every situation on every patient. The biggest 'miracle' I see in this field is the wound vac.

I am having a hard time finding a website that discusses how a person goes about becoming training in wound care. There really is no training outside the hospital is there? Don't you just need to be a LVN or RN?

Long-term wound care is done, believe it or not, in Physical Therapy. I know from bitter experience. LOL!

Long-term wound care is done, believe it or not, in Physical Therapy. I know from bitter experience. LOL!

Sometimes this is the case. It has to do with reimbursement. However, it is not always the case and even then nursing is often very involved as well. I guess it just depends on where you practice.

I had the fortune to work at a hospital that specialized in wounds (althought that was not the only speciality we did) so I had a great experience.