Accredited Programs
CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION
The following minimum prerequisites are common for every program. Individual programs may have additional criteria.
STUDENT ADMISSION
The Program adheres to established standards for student admission as published in the Student Handbook. Students are admitted without discrimination.
Criteria for admission are:
1. RN with a Baccalaureate Degree or higher.
2. One year of RN clinical nursing experience following RN licensure.
3. Current clinical nursing experience within 5 years prior to application to a WOC Nursing Education Program.
4. Documentation of currency of clinical nursing experience within last 5 years: current, active practice, completion of a nurse refresher course, or a clinical performance examination.
Cleveland Clinic - R.B. Turnbull, JR. MD WOC Nursing Education Program
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2022
9500 Euclid Avenue, HS1-500, Cleveland, OH 44195
Telephone: 216-317-7163
Fax: 216-445-6343
www.clevelandclinic.org/wocschool
Program Director: Linda J. Stricker, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Emory University Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Education Center
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2023
17 Executive Park Drive NE, Suite 650
Atlanta, GA 30329-2227
Telephone: 404-778-4067
Fax: 404-778-4778
Program Director: Lori Borja, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-C, CWOCN, CFCN
Relias Wound Care Nurse Education Program (WCNEP)
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2028
1010 Sync Street, Suite 100
Morrisville, NC 27560
www.woundcare.com/wocn-educational-pathways-program
Program Co-Directors: Michele (Shelly) Burdette-Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWCN, CFCN and Patricia A. Slachta, PhD, MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN
Rutgers University School of Nursing-Camden Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Program
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2022
530 Federal Street, Camden, NJ 08102-1405
Telephone: General School of Nursing: 856-225-6226; WOCNEP: 856-225-2318
Fax: 856-225-6250
nursecam@camden.rutgers.edu
gradsnc@camden.rutgers.edu
jason.love@rutgers.edu
http://nursing.camden.rutgers.edu/wound-ostomy-continence-nurse-certification
Program Director: Janice M. Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN-AP, CRNP, APNC, MAPWCA, FAAN, ANEF
The Wound and Ostomy Education Program at The Valley Foundation School of Nursing, San José State University
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2022
One Washington Square, San José, CA 95192-0057
Telephone: 408-924-3134
Fax: 408-924-3130
Program Director: Vivian Wong, PhD, RN, CNS, CWON
WEB WOC® Nursing Education Program (WEB WOC Programs)
Length of accreditation: 7 years
Accreditation expires on December 31, 2028
200 Southdale Center, Minneapolis, MN 55435
Telephone: 612-331-4601
Fax: 612-926-8075
www.webwocnurse.com
webwocnurse.com/become-a-woc-nurse/
www.catalog.webwocnurse.com/Course/index
Program Co-Directors: JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN and Debra Netsch, DNP, CNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CWOCN-AP, CFCN