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The PCP handbook states that I receive 5 points for a 30-min educational presentation. I created my own power point presentation that was 2 hours in length. Does that mean I accrued 20 points? Or am I limited to just 5 points?
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I presented a one hour power point presentation at our institutions skin care day. I worked at a booth for the second part of the day educating on the use of Negative Pressure wound therapy. The program was accredited for 1CE and the participants took a pre and post test as a method of evaluation. I did not organize the event. Can I use this as a program presentation in my portfolio.
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Hi, I am in the process of recertifying both my wound and ostomy(W/O) renewal. One question I have is, do I have to choose from every category (1, 2 &3)?
I had been to WOCNext Conference last 5 years so I have 40 points/CE from for both W/O.
I also have 40 points for working over 2000 hours each specialty. That gives me 80 points for W/O .
I can add projects if needed for category 3 if necessary, but was not sure if needed. I could not find anywhere it stated it had to be points form each category. Any help appreciated! Thanks Erin
Answered March 25, 2025
Thank you for your question. No you do not have to choose from every category. You must have 10 ceu's as stated in Category one and then can fill in with the other categories to reach your 80 points
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I am on my institutions pressure injury committee facilitating a hospital wide pressure injury survey of all patients in-house on prevalence day. I am also the acting recorder/secretary. How many PGP points can I use for professional practice under the wound specialty.
Answered March 25, 2025
Thank you for your question. For the committee related to prevelance day this can fall under your collected hours of work or you can look at category 3 and see if your committe work can falll under the facility organization on page 13 of the PGP 2024 handbook
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How many American nurses currently hold a CFCN certification
Answered March 25, 2025
There are approximately 740 CFCN certified nationally.
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I am working on CE's toward Ostomy certification renewal through the PGP. Would a class on fistula management be considered Ostomy Specialty specific?
Do you have any other resources for Ostomy specialty CE's? I have been having trouble finding these.
Answered March 25, 2025
Thank you for your question. Fistula managment can be either under ostomy or wound. Please check out the WOCN continuing education site for ostomy related CEU's. Several of the industry companies related to ostomy products offer CEU 's also . You would need to ask each company
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Hello, I am entering CE from participation at the WOCNext 2022. The CE certificate refers to contact hours (CH). Is that how it should be entered and not (CE). Also, Where a session shows 1.0 CH for W and 0.50 CH for Pharm and I adding the entire 1.5 CH under my specialty or only the 1.0. Thanks
Answered March 21, 2025
The terminology "Contact Hours" is essentially the same as "CE", and you can consider each one hour as one CE or one PGP point. If they divided a 1.5 hour course into 1.0 for wound and 0.5 for pharmacology, it would mean you count just 1.0 for wound. Usually the portion on pharmacology is applicable CE for the NP.
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Hello! I am entering info into my PGP profile and just learning how to navigate the system. I am a little confused on entering CEs form the 2022 Northwest WOCN conference. The "session/Course Provider" is the WOCN, and "Approved Accrediting Organization" would also be the WOCN, would it not?! At the bottom of my Certificate of Completion for the CEs it states that the program is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, PI# CEP15965, so this is confusing me further. Is this the WOCN then? Help! I would like to get this correct the first time if I can.
Thanks so much.
Answered March 20, 2025
The course provider is the NW Regional WOCN, and the approved accrediting org is the CA Board of Nursing. The course was provided by your region, and the region sent their course details for approval for awarding CE to the attendees through the board of nursing.
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I have been an Associate Degree Registered nurse since 1996. Do I have to have a Baccalaureate to become wound certified?
Answered March 19, 2025
We have a certification for the LPN or Associate Degree RN -- "Wound Treatment Associate - Certified" (WTA-C.) Please find the Eligibility page on this website, under "Certification / Wound Treatment Associate - Certified."
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If I recertify 6 months prior to expiration, when is the start of the 5-year certification? is it the time you finished/passed all the tests, or the time when the actual certification expires? (I hope it's like the RN license where it's the same month every time because i don't want to lose the 6 months that i had left)
Answered March 19, 2025
When you recertify, the new credential expiration will be the same timeframe as the certification expiration, so it is adding 5 years to the existing credential.
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