The Wound Treatment Associate (WTA) Program developed by the WOCN Society is a continuing education program to further empower wound, ostomy, and continence specialty nurses and improve patient outcomes by enhancing their wound team. The WTA Program prepares non-specialty nurses to provide basic, bedside wound care. Graduates of the WTA Program who hold a nursing license are eligible for the WTA-C certification exam provided by the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
Eligible participants are RN, LPN/LVN, Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants. Awards 33.25 Nursing Contact hours and 21 Physical Therapy Continuing Clinical Units.
Online modules are completed over a 3-month period, followed by a 1-day hands-on session with a WOCN for competency, training and testing. The course is taught by Peggy Dorsey, MSN, RN, WOCN, a passionate clinical educator for Atrium Health At Home with 30+ years of teaching experience.
