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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: TBA; split-option program: TBA; 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 TBA.

 

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

 

Harrisburg-Area WOC 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

 

PROGRAM DATES: full-scope: April 16th to May 11, 2007, Wound, Ostomy and Continence; September 24 to October 19, 2007, Wound, Ostomy and Continence.

 

WOUND CARE SPECIALTY PROGRAM COURSES: October 29th to November 9th, 2007, Wound Specialty.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Wicks is a fully accredited Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Education Program offering 3 program options: (1) Split Option-offered several times annually at various locations; (2) Home-Study-offered on a rolling admissions basis for students interested in self-paced learning; (3) Combined Home-Study/On-Site-offered for students who wish to participate in the self-paced home study program but also wish to attend a portion of the on-site class. Our Wound Care Specialty Program is a fully accredited Wound Care Specialty course, encompassing the nursing management of complex wounds, fistulas, and tube management, offered several times a year at both our corporate office and off-site locations.

 

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/admiss/grad/msn/certificate_woc.php.

 

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 DESCRIPTION: Onsite traditional classes or distance learning via the Internet. 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

 

E-MAIL: [email protected].

 

WEB SITE:http://www.ccf.org.

 

PROGRAM DATES: October 1st-November 23rd.

 

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

 

PROGRAM DATES: 8-Week Traditional Onsite Programs: 2007-September 10-November 2

 

2008-January 7-February 29; March 31-May 23; September 8-October 31

 

4-Week Split-Option Onsite Didactic/4-Week Offsite Clinical Programs: 2007-March 26-April 20; September 10-October 5

 

2008-March 31-April 25; September 8-October 3

 

Master credit available if requirements met. Approved for contact hours.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Education Program (WOCNEP) at M. D. Anderson provides education for nurses who wish to specialize in the care of individuals with acute and chronic wounds, fistulae, GI/GU continent and cutaneous ostomies, and urinary/fecal incontinence problems. Approved for contact hours. Master credit available if requirements met.

 

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.

 

Medical University of South Carolina, Wound Care Specialty Course

College of Nursing, Dept of Continuing Education-Professional Development

 

99 Jonathan Lucas Street

 

Charleston, SC 29425

 

TELEPHONE: 843-792-2651

 

FAX: 843-792-3680

 

E-MAIL: [email protected].

 

WEB SITE:http://www.musc.edu/nursing/continue/wound/wcsc.htm.

 

PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Phyllis Bonham, PhD, RN, MSN, CWOCN

 

PROGRAM DATES: Onsite 3-week course-August 11-September 1, 2007; October 13-November 3, 2007; February 16-March 8, 2008; August 9-30, 2008; October 11-November 1, 2008.

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Two program options are provided: a traditional onsite 3-week course with all didactic and clinical onsite in Charleston and a split-option Web-enhanced distance-learning course that is designed for completion in 4 months that requires the first week onsite, April 12-19, 2008, and the balance of the course is completed online with clinical offsite. Approved for contact hours. The complete course runs from April 12-August 2, 2008.

 

University of Washington Wound Management Education Program (UW WMEP)

University of Washington, School of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education

 

155 NE 100th St, Ste 306

 

Seattle, WA 98125

 

TELEPHONE: 206-543-1047

 

FAX: 206-543-6953

 

E-MAIL: [email protected].

 

WEB SITE:http://www.uwcne.org.

 

CO-DIRECTORS: Renee Anderson, MSN, RN, CWOCN, and Betty Hanrahan, MSN, ARNP, RNC, CWCN

 

Wound Care Specialty Program

Sponsored by Wicks Educational Associates, Inc.

 

Maple Building, Suite 202

 

5012 Lenker St

 

Mechanicsburg, PA 17050

 

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

 

PROGRAM DATES: October 29th to November 9th, 2007

 

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The program consists of 80 hours of onsite course theory plus a 60-hour clinical practicum. Graduates of the Wound Care Specialty course are able to transition into the WOCN full-scope program on course completion.

 

Wound Specialty 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.

 

For more information on our programs for 2006/2007 please visit our website for dates and locations for our upcoming WOCN and Wound Specialty Programs. Download your application at: http://www.wickseducational.com.