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Question:
Is it ok to split professional activities as 40 & 40 for my DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice) completion? It was a total of 61 credit units and two years program.
Question:
Where do I find the following data:
- the total no. of CWON/CWOCN currently
- the no. of CWON/CWOCN in POST-ACUTE care
- the no. of CWON/CWOCN in ACUTE care
Answered September 26, 2023
Here is a list with numbers certified, keeping in mind it is credentials and not individuals, since a person may hold more than one of them.
Credential
CWCN 8343; COCN 6322; CCCN 3192; CFCN 737; WTA-C 708; CWCN-AP 524;
COCN-AP 257; CCCN-AP 111;
Total Credentials 20194.
Of these certifications, there are 1,964 individuals holding all three as a CWOCN, and 1,805 as a duo-specialty CWON.
Regarding work settings: When we send out the WOCNCB Job Task Analysis survey every 5 years (for the purposes of developing our Exam Content Outlines), we ask on work setting and other demographics. A majority of respondents reported working at a hospital, medical center, or home care as their current practice setting. They are given the following options:
*Hospital/medical center
*Wound center affiliated with hospital
*Wound center not affiliated with hospital
*Private Practice
*Department of Veterans Affairs medical center
*Active military duty (any setting)
*Long term care setting
*Educational institution
*Industry
*Home health
*Hospice
*Research9
*Not currently employed
*Other
You may want to contact the WOCN Society’s organization regarding their salary survey, which may also provide statistics. Their email is: info@wocn.org
Question:
I began keeping track of my CEUs and do not have WORD on my computer, I have PAGES MAC, how do I download what I have to PAGES? Thanks,
Answered September 23, 2023
Please call the WOCNCB office to discuss this issue. It is beyond the scope of this forum. Good luck.
Question:
Hello,
For those who are recertifying after 1/1/24, can we still enter data in the existing site or will data entered after 6/30/23 be lost w the change?
Thank you,
Lisa
Answered September 23, 2023
The information within the system will be uploaded to the new system. I recommend downloading your portfolio information into WORD -just as a backup!
Good luck!
Question:
where can I find the on line application?
Answered September 23, 2023
Please review page 5 of the Handbook. For further questions please call the WOCNCB office. Good luck !!
Question:
My question is with counting points for my clinical ladder program at my work. I am a CWON. I am only able to count as 1 point, not 2 points, as the credential are written together, not separated (CWN, CON). I have argued that I am certified in 2 specialty areas with taking 2 exams and creating 2 PGPs for recertification. I see that I should receive 2 points as it is 2 certifications. My question to you is do you consider CWON as 2 certifications or 1 certification? Thank you for your time!
Tina Smith-Crawford, BSN, CWON
Answered September 22, 2023
Good day.
I understand your frustration. You can use the fact that there are separate exams for each specialty and individuals can certify in one, two, three, or also add Foot Care to make it 4th certification.
Good luck!
Question:
For the new PGP - We have new nurses on certain units follow us for a few hours as part of their precepting/onboarding to learn about MASD, pressure ulcer prevention, and ostomy care. They usually follow us for 3 -4 hours. I may precept 10 -20 a year. Do the 10 hours of precepting have to be with the same person? Or can I keep a long of all the nurses that follow me and add them together to get to the 10 hours, for the 5 points?
Answered September 22, 2023
Good day. I would recommend keeping the tracking form- log (as recommended in the audit information) of the nurses and specifically which specialty and for how long they were precepted -(wound /ostomy/continence) as the points can be specialty-specific. Thanks for all you do!
Question:
I have been a CWON for 13 years. I recently graduated with my MSN and am now a FNP. Can I earn points towards my PGP for any of my FNP classes or clinical rotations? **Also, for one of my FNP classes I created a poster on healing diabetic foot ulcers using biologicals. Could I earn points for this project?
Answered September 20, 2023
Thank you for your question and congratulations on achieving your FNP. For academic credits, please refer to page 12 of the PGP handbook. you can get 5 points per credit hour for classes that fit the definition listed.
You can claim points for a poster development. please see criteria on page 26 of the PGP handbook.
Question:
I am recertifying via PGP by May 2024. Can I use "practice hours" starting May 2019? Or do "practice hours" begin accumulating as of 1/2023 when this new option was adopted?
Answered September 19, 2023
The points for "Practice Hours" begin in January 2024. You may use PGP points for them in your portfolio, starting with when your last certification earned date, or your last PGP submitted date if you did PGP last time. Please note, the new 2024 PGP system will open in January where you can enter these hours.
Question:
Can I submit precepting points for orienting /precepting a new woc nurse employee?
Answered September 19, 2023
Yes, there are precepting points for any time you do precepting hours -- which includes precepting a WOC Education Program student, or orienting/precepting others in your facility.
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