WCC - ANSWER wound care certified
offered through National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO)
PT, PTA, OT, MD, DO, RN, LPN, NP can become
must pass 2 hour exam of 110 questions
certification lasts 5 years
CWS - ANSWER certified wound specialist
offered through American Board of Wound Management
any licensed healthcare professional with a Bachelor's or higher with 3 or more years
experience of clinical wound care experience
must pass a 4 hour exam (65% initial pass rate)
certification lasts 10 years. CWS must take 6 CEU's per year
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, FACCWS - ANSWER fellow of the American college of certified wound specialists
to become a member you must already be a CWS or other wound care expert
founded in January 2005
patients that need wound care - ANSWER necrotic wounds
wounds with purulent exudate
pasty/salmon pink wounds: chronic proliferation stage
wound without a good epithelial margin
extremity wounds with edema
nonhealing oncology wounds
wounds not referred to PT - ANSWER acute stage on or stage two pressure ulcers
wounds that are 100% granulating with a good epithelial margin
wounds responding well to conservative nursing treatment
cancer lesions
wound care treatment strategies - ANSWER know when to change approaches (after
one approach doesn't work for a week or two)
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offered through National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO)
PT, PTA, OT, MD, DO, RN, LPN, NP can become
must pass 2 hour exam of 110 questions
certification lasts 5 years
CWS - ANSWER certified wound specialist
offered through American Board of Wound Management
any licensed healthcare professional with a Bachelor's or higher with 3 or more years
experience of clinical wound care experience
must pass a 4 hour exam (65% initial pass rate)
certification lasts 10 years. CWS must take 6 CEU's per year
1
, FACCWS - ANSWER fellow of the American college of certified wound specialists
to become a member you must already be a CWS or other wound care expert
founded in January 2005
patients that need wound care - ANSWER necrotic wounds
wounds with purulent exudate
pasty/salmon pink wounds: chronic proliferation stage
wound without a good epithelial margin
extremity wounds with edema
nonhealing oncology wounds
wounds not referred to PT - ANSWER acute stage on or stage two pressure ulcers
wounds that are 100% granulating with a good epithelial margin
wounds responding well to conservative nursing treatment
cancer lesions
wound care treatment strategies - ANSWER know when to change approaches (after
one approach doesn't work for a week or two)
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