Advance Your Clinical Knowledge— Become WOUND CARE CERTIFIED.

Course Learning Objectives

SKIN AND WOUND MANAGEMENT COURSE 90-DAY ONLINE

This course offers an evidence-based approach to wound management to help clinicians stay

current with the standards of care and legally defensible at bedside. The Wound Care Education

Institute® (WCEI®) provides dynamic instructors who use engaging teaching methods proven to

help students learn better and retain new material.

EDUCATIONAL COURSES FOR LPN/LVN • RN • NP • PA • MD • DO • DPM • PTA • PT • OTA • OT

• Discuss how standards of care, evidence based practice,and a multidisciplinary wound care team can affect clinicalchoices in wound management.

• Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the skin.

• Identify at least 5 parameters required for accurate woundassessment.

• Identify pressure ulcer stages according to NPUAP guidelines.

• Identify 5 factors which enhance or impede the woundhealing process.

• Explain 4 types of basic principles of wound bed preparation.

• Identify 3 major components of a nutritional assessment foroptimizing wound healing.

• Identify 4 different categories for topical wound management.

• Select treatment options based upon wound assessment,etiology, and goal of wound care.

• Differentiate arterial, neuropathic, and venous ulcers interms of causative factors, pathophysiology, appearance, andprinciples of management.

• Describe 3 factors involved in development of a pressureulcer and interventions to prevent their occurrence.

• Describe at least 5 interventions that optimize acute surgicalwound healing.

• Differentiate between wound etiologies and clinicalmanifestations of acute and traumatic wounds.

• Differentiate types of burns and principles of management.

• Select treatment options and differentiate wound etiologiesand clinical manifestations of chronic, malignant, andinflammatory wounds.

• Discuss 3 adjunctive treatment modalities that enhancewound healing.

• Discuss current multidisciplinary care approaches towound care.

• Discuss components required for accurate wounddocumentation.

About Wound Care Education Institute®

WCEI® is an educational center of excellence supporting

thousands of healthcare professionals in all care settings.

Education programs include comprehensive courses in skin

and wound management, diabetic wound management

and ostomy management. Continuing education programs

offered through webinars, seminars and the Wild On

Wounds® national conference support the standards of care

necessary for improved patient outcomes.

This course is sponsored by

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ONLINE Course

Access this course ONLINE in the comfort of your own home. You have 90 days to complete the narrated course. The WCC® examination can be taken at the computer testing center nearest you.

• Self-paced learning with access to coursemodules for 90-days

• 22.75 continuing education contact hoursupon completion

• WCEI® Skin & Wound Managementcourse workbook

• Pre-exam certification review

• Learning aides: glossary, samplequestions and more

• Exclusive access to resource materials

• Live instructor tutoring available byappointment

Exam Application Fees

A certification exam fee of $330 will be paid directly to NAWCO®. Details are provided during course registration.

Cancellation Policy

A $200 administration fee will be applied to all cancellations. WCEI® must receive notification by email, within 7 business days of purchase, to admissions@wcei.net.

The shrink-wrapped workbook must be returned unopened within 14 days of purchase to WCEI, 25828 Pastoral Drive, Plainfield, IL 60585. Refunds will only be given within the policy described above.

Ann Avery RN, CWCN, LNC, WCC

Bill Richlen PT, CWS, WCC, DWC

Donna Sardina RN, MHA, WCC, DWC, OMS

Don Wollheim MD, FAPWCA, WCC, DWC

Gail Hebert RN, BSN, MS, CWCN, WCC, OMS

Nancy Morgan RN, BSN, MBA, WOC, WCC, DWC, OMS

Scott Batie MPT, RPT, MEd, WCC, OMS

Joy Hooper RN, BSN, CWOCN, OMS, WCC

Nurses: Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #14094 for 22.75 contact hours.

Occupational Therapists: The Wound Care Education Institute is an approved Occupational Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor, License number 224.000140 by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The Skin and Wound Management Course is approved for 22.75 contact hours for occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants. Check with your state for prior approval.

Physical Therapists: The Wound Care Education Institute is an approved Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor, License number 216.00157 by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. The Skin and Wound Management Course is approved for 22.75 contact hours for physical therapists and physical therapy assistants. Check with your state for prior approval.

Physicians: This Enduring Material activity, WCEI Skin and Wound Management Course, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 22.75 Elective credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. AAFP certification begins 04/01/2017. Term of approval is for one year from this date. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Payment Options

There are a variety of financial options available including PayPal Credit, employer payment, special funding for military spouses and unrestricted education grants.

Our Financial Advisor is available to review your options with you. Call 877-462-9234 or email financeadvisor@wcei.net.

Tuition InformationTuition Rate$2,297 Individual Rate Use discount code HVA2297

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Examination Eligibility

Those wishing to take the Wound Care Certified (WCC®) board certification must meet the following criteria:

• Active unrestricted license in one of thefollowing professions:– LPN / LVN– RN, NP, PA– OTA, OT, PT, PTA– MD, DO, DPM

• Show 2 years’ full-time or 4 years’parttime wound care experience wherewound care was a component of the jobduties in the past 5 years.

Do you have examination questions? Contact the accrediting board, National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO®) at 877-922-6292 or visit nawccb.org.

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