Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing

The WOUND, OSTOMY, AND CONTINENCE NURSING EDUCATION CENTER

The Emory University Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Education Center provides both accredited post-baccalaureate programs and continuing education programs.

Accredited by the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses SocietyTM (WOCN®) since 1976, the WOC Nursing Education Program prepares the graduate nurse to provide specialty care for patients with acute and chronic wounds, standard and continent ostomy diversions, and fecal and urinary incontinence. All courses are provided by the Emory Nursing Professional Development Center (ENPDC), an accredited provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

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WOC Pathways

The Traditional Pathway is a blended education program. It is comprised of online clinical courses, onsite skills training (Bridge Week), a comprehensive final exam, clinical with an approved preceptor, and completion of the professional practice course.

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The Experiential Pathway allows RN's that already have direct patient clinical hours in a specialty to expedite the certification process. All hours must be post-Baccalaureate. You can combine pathways. For example, certify via the experiential pathway for one specialty and the traditional pathway for others.

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Recertification

Emory WOCNEC offers several resources to help prepare for WOCNCB recertification:

Pocket Pals

Pocket Pals are a pocket-sized quick reference guide. Please email wocnec@emory.edu requesting the website to purchase these.

Certification Review Manual

This purchase includes the hard copy review manual. Please see links to purchase below.

Wound Certification Review:

Ostomy Certification Review

Continence Certification Review

EXAM PREPARATION

The WOCNCB® has exam preparation resources available. https://www.wocncb.org/certification/exam-preparation

WOCN® Society has published a set of Core Curriculum textbooks. It is strongly encouraged to invest in these textbooks as they are helpful resources to prepare for the certification exam through the WOCNCB®. These books can be purchased from the publisher Wolters Kluwer: www.LWW.com or on Amazon by searching “WOCN core curriculum".

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Scholarship Information

WOCN® Foundation Scholarship Program
https://wocnsociety.secure-platform.com/a/organizations/main/home
Submission Deadlines: May 1st and November 1st

WOCN® Regions and Affiliates
https://www.wocn.org/page/r_a_information
Contact your Region or Affiliate for scholarship information.

UOAA - United Ostomy Associations of America‍‍

‍Some Regions and Affiliates also provide scholarships for Advanced Practice tuition and Conference.

Contact Us

Address

250 East Ponce De Leon Avenue, Suite 400 Decatur, GA 30030

Office Hours

8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. ET

Contact Information

Office: 404-778-4067
Fax: 404-778-4778
Email: wocnec@emory.edu

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