Overview
Save Lives and Limbs
Gain the advanced clinical knowledge and confidence to make a significant difference in diabetic wound outcomes in your practice. Becoming a diabetic wound professional can help you save the lives and limbs of patients in your care. Be inspired and see dramatic improvements in your abilities with this WCEI
® Live Online Diabetic Skin and Wound Management course.
Build Your Career While Making a Difference
This four-day live online course leads to Diabetic Wound Certified
® (DWC
®) credential through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy® (NAWCO
®) - a qualification that not only boosts your professional career, but can also significantly improve patient outcomes at your facility. In addition to classroom training, you will participate in hands-on conservative sharp debridement lab.
Live Online Classroom Learning
Taught by a
board-certified DWC instructor, WCEI
® courses keep students involved and inspired - so new knowledge is not only gained, it is retained and can be immediately put into practice.
Reap the benefits of the live online setting — and there are many!
- Gain all the advantages of a live classroom environment without the hassle or expense of travel.
- Benefit from real, practical training with study guide materials.
- Have your questions on the material answered in real time, so your learning stays on track.
- Prepare for the wound care certification exam from the comfort of your home.
- Get valuable feedback from the trainer and others in the group.
- Participate in Q&A sessions at the end of each lesson.
Certification Examination
Your clinical experience and the knowledge gained from the course will help prepare you for a wound care certification exam.
After registering for the course, if you plan to sit for a certification exam, you will select a credentialing board, complete their exam application, and pay their certification fees. The credentialing board determines your certification eligibility.
Contact NAWCO at 877-922-6292 for exam-related questions.
Certificates
Intended Audience
This course is intended for multiple professions including nurses, dietitians, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.
Credits
| Nurses: |
39 contact hours |
| Physical Therapists: |
39 contact hours |
| Dietitians: |
39 contact hours |
Disclosures
None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Accreditation Information
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In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
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As a Jointly Accredited organization, Relias LLC is accredited to offer dietetic continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The CDR is an associate member of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.
Dietetics-related continuing education from Relias LLC, regardless of target profession, is acceptable, if the learning relates to the Competencies/Performance Indicators (PIs) on the learner's Step 1 Learning Plan.
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Relias LLC is a licensed physical therapy continuing Education sponsor (#216.000290) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Certificates must be retained by the licensee for a period of 5 years after course completion. Please check with your state for prior approval.
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Tuition Cost
Tuition Rate
$2,097 Initial Certification
$1,997 Alumni Student
Recertification Information
Certification Examination Fee: Exam fees are not included in the tuition rate. You will need to select a credentialing board, complete their exam application, and pay exam fees.
Group Code: A group code identifies a course tuition rate for organizations who have an agreement with WCEI®. The code is given to individuals associated with the organization who are taking a course. The code, if applicable, must be used at the time of registering for the course.
The WCEI Difference
WCEI is the only accredited provider of Diabetic Wound Care (DWC) education through the National Alliance of Wound Care and Ostomy (NAWCO ®). Here's what to expect from WCEI courses:
- Premium Content: Our course content is updated and reviewed by industry professionals at a minimum of every three years. We pride ourselves on having the most current, up to date course content in the industry.
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Learner Supportive Platform: Our wound care courses are hosted on the propriety Relias Live Learning Management System.
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Flexible Payment Options: We offer a variety of flexible payment options through Affirm.
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Continuous Learning: We provide continuing education throughout your career.
Learn more about how WCEI stands out from our competitors here.
Included with Tuition
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Live online classroom training
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180-day access to the online course beginning 29 days before the 1st day of class (platform resource center)
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Contact hours upon completion (visit “Certificates” tab)
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Access to your digital course workbook
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Exam prep tools, including flashcards and end-of-lesson knowledge quizzes
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Pre-exam certification review
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Tools: a pen and highlighter
Ongoing Education
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Nurses: Free 1-year Nurse.com Standard or Premium APRN subscription
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Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist or Dieticians: FREE 1-year subscription to Relias Academy
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Physician: access to free CMEs on FreeCME.com
Financial Options Cancellation Policy
Schedule & Content
Live Online 4-Day Course Schedule
Participants in the Live Online Diabetic Wound Care Course must attend this course in its entirety and complete the evaluation form to receive
continuing education credits.
Exam Information
Exam is available at a PSI testing center or an online live proctor. If testing with NAWCO®, you must call 877-922-6292 to make arrangements. Certification exams are offered by the credentialing boards.
Curriculum
- Section 1 Foundations of Diabetes Management
- Section 2 Neuropathy
- Section 3 Cutaneous Aspects of Diabetes
- Section 4 Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Wound Healing
- Section 5 Comprehensive Diabetic Foot Exam
- Section 6 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Infection
- Section 7 Principles of Wound Management
- Section 8 Topical Wound Management
- Section 9 Treatment Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Section 10 Adjunctive Therapies Diabetic Foot Ulcer Treatment
- Section 11 Treatment of Charcot Neuropathic Osteoarthropathy
- Section 12 Offloading the Diabetic Foot
- Section 13 Nutrition, Depression and Pain
- Section 14 Peripheral Arterial Disease and Diabetes
- Section 15 Amputation and Limb Care
- Section 16 Care of Skin and Nails Neuropathic Foot
- Section 17 Interdisciplinary Concepts
Learning Objectives
- Describe the difference between type I and type II diabetes.
- Discuss overall epidemiology of diabetes and incidence of diabetic foot ulcers.
- Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the foot.
- Describe the gait cycle.
- Identify two of the major functions of normal gait.
- List the six clinical presentations of diabetic neuropathy.
- List the neuropathic pain descriptors of distal symmetrical sensorimotor polyneuropathy.
- Differentiate characteristics of somatic and autonomic nervous system.
- Identify five components of a comprehensive diabetes foot exam.
- Summarize risk factors, causes and classification of diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs).
Name and explain characteristics of at least three common skin complications associated with diabetes.
- Discuss overall effects of diabetes and impaired wound healing.
- Classify diabetic foot infections and choose treatments based on classification.
- Summarize assessment findings and treatment recommendations for diabetic foot ulcer complicated by osteomyelitis.
- Explain the theory of moist wound healing.
- Identify five factors which enhance or impede the wound healing process.
- Identify five different dressing categories for topical wound management.
- Select safe topical treatment options based upon wound assessment and goal of wound care.
- Select appropriate diabetic foot ulcer treatments and interventions based upon wound characteristics and goal of treatment.
- Identify procedure for conservative sharp debridement.
- Explain the rationale for offloading and footwear in the patient with neuropathy.
- Distinguish at what point in the diabetic wound one should consider “adjuvant therapy".
- Explain the importance of nutritional interventions and glucose control for the wounded diabetic.
- Describe and differentiate examples of diabetes related distress and diabetes associated depression.
- Define two clinical terms associated with pain.
- Identify four characteristics of peripheral arterial disease.
- Summarize types of pain and potential complications experienced post amputation.
- identify application of total contact cast.
- Summarize basic nail and skin care recommendations for the person with diabetes.
- Describe three interventions or methods to assist patient in compliance with care plan.
- Identify procedure for trimming and filing of toenails.
- List three types of adult learners and describe one example of each.
- Discuss importance of evidence based standards of care, and specify examples of two diabetes associated practice guidelines.