The New Jersey Wound Care Certification Initiative was developed with the intent of significantly reducing the incidence and severity of pressure ulcers among patients and residents in New Jersey’s hospitals (including IRFs and LTCHs), nursing homes, assisted living facilities, as well as clients of New Jersey’s home health agencies.  The goal of this program is to increase specialized wound care education, skills and certification of nursing staff and to dramatically expand the number of New Jersey nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities and home health agencies that utilize wound care certified professionals in prevention and treatment of pressure ulcers. 

A week-long wound care training course with wound care certification examination will be offered at four different locations in the state of New Jersey.

June 14-18 -- St. Barnabas Behavioral Health, Toms River-Southeast, 1691 US Highway Route 9 - CN 2025, Toms River, NJ 08754 June 21-25 -- St. Barnabas Ambulatory Care Center - Livingston - North, 200 South Orange Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039 July 19-23 -- Barry Brown Center - Virtua - Southwest, 106 Carnie Blvd., Voorhees,NJ 08043 July 26-30 -- NJHA-Central, 760 Alexander Road, Princeton, NJ 08543

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The course will be given by the Wound Care Education Institute and Wound Care Certification exam and credentials will be offered by the National Alliance of Wound Care®.

Qualified New Jersey nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities and home health agencies will be given the opportunity to send participants.

The initiative is being sponsored by the National Alliance of Wound Care® (NAWC®) in cooperation with the New Jersey Hospital Association’s Institute for Quality & Patient Safety.   

Nursing homes whose nurses complete the course and pass the certification exam will be eligible to have $1,000 of the registration fee returned thanks to the generous support of New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services through the nursing home civil monetary penalty fund.

Who can apply?
Licensed New Jersey nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living facilities and home health agencies may submit an application for employees who must meet the following criteria:

• Applicant is a current employee of the facility submitting the application.
• The applicant holds an active, unrestricted New Jersey license as Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
• It can be documented that wound care has been a component of the applicant’s job duties for at least 2 years out of the last 5 years. 

Only qualified individuals will be allowed to participate in the program.
Qualified applicants who are accepted for participation will be required to attend all four days of the training class, no absences permitted.  Organizations will be responsible for travel and lodging of chosen participants, if necessary.

Instructions

1. Complete the course application.
2. Submit application along with $2597.00 course fee to Wound Care Education Institute. Make checks payable to “Wound Care Education Institute” or complete credit card section on the application.
3. Applicants will receive notification of course acceptance within 2 business days of receiving application. Notifications will be made by phone and/or email.

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The fund is derived from federal enforcement and is allocated to New Jersey from the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.  The purpose of the fund is to improve quality in nursing homes.