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Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses
Course updated for 2010
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.
This course qualifies you to take the certification exam.
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- Brochure - [PDF] -
- Date,Time,Location
- Agenda
- Who Should Attend
- Requirements for Participants
- Objectives
- Presenter(s)
- Fee
- CEUs,Contact Hours,Academic Credit
Date/Time/Location
October 15 - 16, 2009 - Full [2009 Brochure]
February 18 - 19, 2010
June 17 - 18, 2010
October 21 - 22, 2010
Day One
Best Western Trail Lodge & Suites
3340 Mondovi Road
Eau Claire, WI
715-838-9989
Day Two
First Lutheran Church
1005 Oxford Ave.
Eau Claire, WI
Time: all sessions:
Day 1: 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Day 2: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Agenda
| Thursday | Day 1 | Classroom | Friday | Day 2 | Clinical | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | Registration | 8:30 am | Demonstration of Intermediate Foot and Nail Care |
| 8:30 am | Practice Guidelines: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Nursing Interventions |
9:00 am | Clinical Practicum (15 minute break included) |
| 9:00 am | Anatomy & Physiology | 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) |
| 10:00 am | Break | 1:00 pm | Clinical Practicum Resumes |
| 10:15 am | Lower Leg Assessment | 3:00 pm | Individual Evaluation with Instructor |
| 11:45 am | Patient Teaching | 3:30 pm | Conclusion |
| 12:00 pm | Lunch (provided) | ||
| 1:00 pm | Common Foot Problems and Care of Nails and Lesions | ||
| 2:15 pm | Break | ||
| 2:30 pm | Protection of the Feet | ||
| 3:00 pm | Putting Your New Skills to Work |
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| 4:00 pm | End of Day One Session | ||
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.
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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
MSN, RN, CS, CWON, Clinical Specialist in Gerontology,
Marshfield Clinic, Minocqua Center, Minocqua, WI
Tara Beuscher brings a wealth of teaching and clinical experience in foot and nail care to this course. She draws upon her work experience in clinic, hospital, home care and long term care settings, and her extensive training in foot care, pain management, wound, ostomy, continence, and gerontology services. She has taught the Foot and Nail Care: Education for Nurses course in Eau Claire for over ten years.
Tara 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. Tara’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.
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Fee
$499. Fee includes two lunches, refreshments, program manual, instruction, and supervised practice.
Transfers/cancellations
You may cancel your registration up to 10 business days before a program’s start date, and we will refund your payment less a $50 adminstrative fee. If you cancel fewer than 10 business days prior to the program start date, no refund will be given. Full refund will be given if a program is cancelled or filled. You may substitute another person for your registration at any time. Call the Continuing Education office (715) 836-3636 / toll free 866-893-2423 for assistance.
CEUs/Contact Hours/Academic Credit
University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire Continuing Education/UW-Extension is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Participants in this program earn 11.75 nursing education
contact hours.
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