Wound care course

[fawnsternurse]

Hi everyone~

I am a Travel Nurse that has primarily worked in psychiatry/addictions and have also done medical.

I had an opportunity to help out a new Wound Care clinic and I LOVED it.

However they hired someone and my contract came to an end.

Here is my question: Do I have to be working in wound Care in order to take the course and be certified in it?

I would LOVE to pursue this on some level while it is fresh in me. (I ended contract 1.5 weeks ago) Do I have to be sponsored by a facility or can I do this on my own?

I really enjoyed it and any feedback or advise offered would be great! Thank you so much~

[mkennedy]

There is a very good wound care certification course that is offered by Wound Care Education Institute. You can go to their web page and check it out- Wound Care Education Institute

Good luck!

[fawnsternurse]

Hi everyone~

I am a Travel Nurse that has primarily worked in psychiatry/addictions and have also done medical.

I had an opportunity to help out a new Wound Care clinic and I LOVED it.

However they hired someone and my contract came to an end.

Here is my question: Do I have to be working in wound Care in order to take the course and be certified in it?

I would LOVE to pursue this on some level while it is fresh in me. (I ended contract 1.5 weeks ago) Do I have to be sponsored by a facility or can I do this on my own?

I really enjoyed it and any feedback or advise offered would be great! Thank you so much~

Hi thank you for your response. I did contact them and apparently you must be working in it or have worked in Wound Care for at least 2 yrs .This does not describe me so I guess I am tough out of luck.

I would like to work in it but I do not have the experience nor credenntials soooo

[hotflashion, BSN, RN]

you can also pursue a preceptor path for wcn certification through the wound care education institute. it's pricey, but then everything is these days. click here for the preceptor pathway info. you take the course, then you have a year to complete 120 precepted clinical hours, then you can take the test.

[hotflashion, BSN, RN]

This is more complicated than I thought. I found this document to be very helpful to understand "wound care certification", i.e., what organizations offer certification and the eligibility requirements for each.

What I'd like to know is, as a nurse, is it worthwhile (i.e., will it help to get me employed) to go for the WCC from the NAWC (which has a preceptor pathway)? Or is only certification through the WOCNCB worthwhile?

Key to abbreviations:

WCC Wound Care Certified

NAWC National Alliance of Wound Care

WOCNCB Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Certification Board