Throughout Covid-19, the pandemic media has highlighted the burden it puts on healthcare systems and professionals. Providing timely and professional care to people suffering from acute and chronic wounds has been particularly difficult. There are two challenges: access to care and access to professional care. Although medical professionals are aware of the need for advanced education, it can be difficult to obtain advanced wound care education due to the increased workload and limited access to education.
A nurse specializing in wounds, ostomy, and continence in Canada (NSWOCC) works with Canadian clinicians to address the lack of access to professional wound care. NSWOCC owns and operates the WOC (Wound, Ostomy, and Continence) laboratory. The WOC-Institute is a practice and competence base of various standards to help healthcare professionals improve their wound, ostomy, and excretion skills and understanding by taking advantage of both online and direct learning opportunities. We offer the program of. The WOC-Institute’s competency-based education program is a team of knowledgeable and dedicated nurse leaders from the Canadian Association of Nurses (CNA) certified nurses specializing in wounds, osteoporosis, and excretion … read more