Advance Your Expertise with the CNA-Accredited Advanced Wound Debridement Course

Strengthen your clinical confidence with Canada’s CNA-accredited Advanced Wound Debridement Course!

Learn at your own pace, earn 60 educational hours, and apply evidence-based debridement practices to improve patient outcomes. Learn more below!

Course Content

Based on the NSWOCC Debridement: Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Nurses, the course covers legal and professional considerations, wound assessment, evidence-based debridement practices, and the safe application of autolytic, enzymatic, mechanical, sharp/surgical, and biological debridement techniques.

What to expect

• 7 interactive, self-paced online modules

• Weekly mentorship with a CNA-certified NSWOC

• Knowledge checks and final exam

• Peer discussion boards

  
  

The course is accredited by the Canadian Nurses Association for 60 educational hours and can be completed fully online at a self-paced schedule.

As an added benefit, completion of the course provides 32 hours that may be applied toward Renewal by Continuous Learning requirements for the WOCC(C) credential through the Canadian Nurses Association.

Registration is open, and learners can start at any time!

Learning Objectives

By the end of this self-paced online course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the legal and professional scope of practice considerations related to wound debridement, including consent, documentation, liability risks, and regulatory or institutional policies governing each type of debridement. 

• Define wound debridement and explain its role in the wound healing process. 

• Compare and contrast the mechanisms of action, indications, contraindications, benefits, limitations, and adverse effects of various types of debridement, including how to safely initiate or perform each of the following: Autolytic, Enzymatic, Mechanical, Sharp/surgical, Biological (maggot therapy).

• Outline and evaluate wound and patient-specific factors that influence the selection of debridement techniques, including comorbidities and differentiation of wound tissue types. 

• Identify and integrate  pain management, infection control, and patient-centred care principles during debridement. 

• Apply evidence-based guidelines and standards of practice in the selection, implementation, and documentation of debridement strategies. 

Whether you're looking to sharpen your clinical decision-making or prepare for hands-on debridement mentorship, this course will give you the tools to confidently manage complex wounds within your scope of practice.

Don't hesitate! Take the next step in your wound care journey today.

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