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Please contact individual education program for dates, types of structure(s), and costs.

 

Emory University School of Medicine Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Education Center

The Emory Clinic, Room AT732, 1365 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322

 

TELEPHONE: 404-778-4067

 

FAX: 404-778-4778

 

WEB SITE:http://www.surgery.emory.edu/wocnec

 

CENTER FACULTY: Director: Dorothy Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN; Assistant Director: Lea Crestodina, MN, RN, GNP, CDE, CWOCN; Special Projects Chair: Janet Ramundo, MSN, RN, FNP, CWOCN.

 

PROGRAM DATES: Traditional 9-week program: January 23-March 31, 2006; split-option program: January 23-February 24, 2006; distance-learning program: individualized start dates; applicants may begin this program as soon as they are accepted for admission and their tuition has been paid, or if they have chosen to pay by the module, as soon as we have received payment for the 1st module. Onsite weeks are scheduled based on student readiness, but are typically there is one held every other month. Onsite weeks are January 9-13, 2006, and February 27-March 3, 2006.

 

Certification review materials available. For more information, contact Kathy Rodgers at 404-778-3159, 404-778-4778 (fax), or [email protected].

 

Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Education Program

Sponsored by Wicks Educational Associates, Inc.

 

Maple Building, Suite 202, 5012 Lenker Street, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

 

TELEPHONE: 717-737-2770 or 800-807-9425

 

FAX: 717-737-7683

 

E-MAIL: [email protected]

 

WEB SITE:http://www.wickseducational.com

 

PROGRAM CO-DIRECTORS: Lucy J. Wicks, MSN, RN, CWOCN, and Jane Carmel, MSN, RN, CWOCN

 

FULL-SCOPE: March 20 to April 14, 2006, and September 18 to October 14, 2006, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

 

WOUND CARE SPECIALTY PROGRAM COURSES: January 23-February 3, 2006; June 5-16, 2006, Hartford, CT, area; and October 30-November 10, 2006, Mechanicsburg, Pa.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Home study, wound care specialty program, split option-full scope, onsite combination programs available.

 

La Salle University School of Nursing Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program (WOCNEP)

1900 W Olney Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19141

 

TELEPHONE: 215-951-1413 or 215-951-1430

 

FAX: 215-951-1896

 

E-MAIL: [email protected]

 

WEB SITE:http://www.lasalle.edu-academ-grad-nursing-woundoverview.html

 

CO-DIRECTORS: Janice Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN, and Jo Ann Catanzaro, MSN, RN, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM DATES: Semesters start in August and January. For details, visit Web site.

 

PROGRAM FORMAT: Onsite traditional classes or distance learning via the Internet.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The La Salle University WOCNEP is offered in 2 formats. Split Option-offered annually; onsite once-weekly classes at Philadelphia campus (easy commuting) with offsite clinical preceptorships near home. Online Distance Education-offered annually; Web-based distance-learning classes, plus 3 clinical immersion days in Philadelphia per course; offsite clinical preceptorships after the 2 required courses.

 

Rupert B. Turnbull, Jr. School of ET Nursing

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, NA-40, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195

 

TELEPHONE: 216-444-5966

 

FAX: 216-445-6343

 

MEDICAL DIRECTOR: James Wu, MD

 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Paula L. Erwin-Toth, MSN, ET, RN, CWOCN, CNS

 

SPLIT-OPTION PROGRAM: Split-Option 4-week onsite didactic and 4-week offsite or onsite clinical programs are as follows: 2006 Dates: January 9-February 3 with clinicals through March 3, March 13-April 7 with clinicals through May 5, July 10-August 4 with clinicals through September 1; September 25-October 20 with clinicals through November 17.

 

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Wound, Ostomy Continence Nurse Education Program (WOCNEP)

 

UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

 

Attention Shirley Woolems (Unit 163), 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030-4009

 

TELEPHONE: 713-745-0219, 713-745-0216, or 713-745-0218

 

FAX: 713-745-0025

 

E-MAIL: [email protected]

 

WEB SITE:http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/woundostomy

 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Coni Ellis, MS, RN, OCN, CWOCN

 

CO-DIRECTOR: Janet Davis, MSN, RN, APRN-BC, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: 8-Week Traditional Onsite Programs: January 9-March 3, 2006; April 3-May 26, 2006; September 11-November 3, 2006. 4-Week Split-Option Onsite Didactic/4-Week Offsite Clinical Programs: Start dates same as 8-Week Programs.

 

webWOCN Nursing Education Program

In partnership with Metropolitan State University

 

2001 University Avenue SE, Suite 200, Minneapolis, MN 55414

 

TELEPHONE AND FAX: 612-331-4601

 

E-MAIL: [email protected]

 

WEB SITE:http://www.webwocnurse.com

 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Ruth A. Bryant, MS, RN, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR: Bonnie Sue Rolstad, BA, RN, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM DATES: Semesters start in January, May, and August.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This flexible, accessible, and rigorous program is offered in partnership with Metropolitan State University. Faculty has been teaching WOC nursing online in this program for more than 2 years. A student may enroll as a graduate student and receive 12 graduate credits on completion or enroll as a continuing education student. This program also offers continuing education for nurses and WOC nurses through online seminars.

 

University of Virginia Graduate Program in WOC Nursing at the University of Virginia School of Nursing

UVA School of Nursing

 

Attention: Catherine Ratliff, P.O. Box 800782, McLeod Hall, 202 15th Street SW, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908

 

TELEPHONE: 434-924-0141 or toll free 1-888-283-8703

 

FAX: 434-924-2787

 

E-MAIL:http://[email protected]

 

WEB site:http://www.nursing.Virginia.edu/programs/admissions/wocpost/default.asp

 

PROGRAM DIRECTORS: Catherine R. Ratliff, PhD, APRN-BC, CWOCN, Carolyn W. Eddins, MSN, FNP, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM DATES: Fall semester starts in late August. For details visit the school of nursing Web site.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The University of Virginia School of Nursing now offers WOC training within its master's programs. WOC nursing incorporates principles and practices that promote, maintain, and restore health for persons with wounds, ostomies, and continence problems throughout their lives. WOC nurses specialize in the care of individuals with disorders of the gastrointestinal tract and genitourinary and integumentary systems.

 

Onsite: three 3 graduate-level credits for a total of 9 credit hours. Fall semester: a 3-credit-hour graduate-level class on introduction to WOC nursing is offered.

 

Spring semester: a 3-credit-hour graduate-level class on advanced WOC nursing. Summer semester: a 3-credit-hour practicum on WOC nursing is offered.