Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses
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| Please check back for new dates in February 2013. |
June 14-15, 2012 | October 18-19, 2012 |
New! Foot and Nail Care: How to Start and Run Your Own Business
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| Please check back for new dates in February 2013. |
June 13, 2012 | October 17, 2012 |
(Please note: There has been a time change on Day Two from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
As our population ages and we see rising rates of diabetes, the demand for foot and nail care is rapidly increasing. This area of nursing practice is often neglected in formal nursing education, leaving a shortage of professional providers. This course will give you all the tools you need to begin a practice of basic foot and nail care.
In 2005 the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board began to offer a certification examination for foot and nail care. Certification is an indication of an individual's current knowledge in a specialized area of nursing practice. It provides a standard to assist the employer, the public, and members of health care professions in the assessment of foot and nail care practitioners. Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses qualifies you to take the certification exam.
And, if you have ever thought about starting your own foot and nail care business, consider attending our new program, Foot and Nail Care: How to Start and Run Your Own Business. This 2-hour program is held the evening before the Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses program.
Who Should Attend
Registered nurses who work with elderly or disabled populations in the community or any clinical setting. Past participants have included:- nurse practitioners
- wound and ostomy care specialists
- diabetes educators
- nurses employed in: home health/hospice | parish | corrections | tribal health | community-based elderly services | long term care | transitional care settings
- nurse entrepreneurs interested in creating their own foot and nail care businesses
Requirements for Participants
Proof of current licensure is required prior to the start of the program. Participants must be licensed RNs. LPNs may be eligible to register if they will be providing foot and nail care under the direct supervision of a registered nurse, or are licensed in a state that includes intermediate level foot and nail care within the LPN's scope of practice.
Reminder:
Bring lab coat for day two! We also suggest light-colored washable clothing.
Objectives
To enable participants to:- Identify the components of a comprehensive lower extremity assessment.
- Identify selected conditions of the skin and nails.
- Describe appropriate patient teaching content and methods.
- Discuss issues related to foot and nail care as an independent nursing practice.
- Demonstrate basic and intermediate level foot and nail care in a supervised clinical setting.
Presenter
Tara Beuscher, DNP, RN-C, APNP, GCNS-BC, ANP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN, Adult Nurse Practitioner, Minocqua, WI.
Dr. Beuscher, an Adult Nurse Practitioner with the Marshfield Clinic – Minocqua Center, brings a wealth of teaching and clinical experience in foot and nail care to this course. She is also certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Gerontology. She draws upon her work experience in clinic, hospital, home care and long term care settings, and her extensive training in foot care, gerontology, wound, ostomy, continence, and pain management services. She has been teaching foot and nail care since 1991 and has taught the Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses course in Eau Claire for over fifteen years.
Dr. Beuscher is a renowned national speaker on foot and nail care and has served in various leadership positions within professional organizations. She was a member of the foot care nursing advisory committee that established the content outline for WOCNCB's Foot and Nail Care Certification Examination. Dr. Beuscher's publications include a chapter on foot and nail care in Acute and Chronic Wounds: Current Management Concepts; 3rd Edition, 2007, published by Mosby/Elsevier and edited by Ruth A. Bryant and Denise P. Nix. She was a recipient of the 1997 Wisconsin Nurses Association Nursing Practice Award that recognizes the recipient's contributions to innovations in patient care, service as a role model for nursing practice, commitment to the practice of professional nursing and utilization and dissemination of research in practice.
