About the Professional Growth Program

A RECENT TESTIMONIAL

I think this is the BEST way to demonstrate competence, involvement in the WOC practice and efforts to move our profession forward. This also helps keep your practice in mind every day by taking credit for accomplishments.

I will begin collecting my data for my portfolio to be completed in 2014!!

Thank you,
Lou Ann Rau, RN, BSN, CWOCN (again!)

An Alternative for Recertifying in Wound, Ostomy or Continence
The WOCNCB established the Professional Growth Program (PGP) as an alternative to taking an exam for recertification. PGP recognizes the activities that go beyond routine practice or that represent the pathway you took from novice to expert.

The PGP recertification alternative allows you to demonstrate your knowledge of wound, ostomy or continence nursing by tracking and recording evidence of your continual learning and professional growth. Recertification is awarded based on accumulating PGP points for activities related to your professional growth. To recertify via PGP you must be currently certified and must not have initially attempted and failed the certification exam.

Click here for a PGP Handbook, access to the interactive forms, and to learn more about the PGP process.

New! PGP Presentation from the 2009 WOCN Society Annual Conference

Click here to view a helpful PowerPoint presentation that will answer many of your questions about the PGP process.

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