Course Information

Clinical Course Outline

Total Hours: 32 hours        

Students will receive a certificate of completion,  indicating they have successfully gained the knowledge and skills to practice as a Basic, Advanced and Diabetic Foot Care Nurse. 

Certification can be used to qualify as a Blue Cross service provider and allows your patients to claim your services on their insurance plans. 

At this time there is currently no certification process that is recognized by a provincial or territorial nursing body. The term Certified Footcare Nurse is not yet approved.

 Clinical Skills  - This portion of the course will be offered in our clinical care setting and will provide students with clinical experience using  volunteer clients.  

Students learn about and practice  advanced skills such as 

• ·Gait Analysis
• Nail reduction
• Padding, Strapping and Offloading.
•  Silicon Molding (toe orthosis)
•  Patient education-  diabetes, neuropathy, and circulation.
•  Prevention and treatments for a variety of comorbidities
•  Practice Scalping and Burring with Podiatry rotary instruments
• Medical reprocessing

 Theory Tuition: $900

Foot Canada Training requires that all nurses registering for the clinical course  must  first complete Foot Canada's Online  Theory,  prior to starting the Onsite FCN Clinical course to ensure that students acquire a strong theoretical foundation.

To register or for more information about the FCN Theory course, please visit the FCN Theory course page on the Foot Canada Training website. www.footcanada.ca

· Clinical Tuition:  · $2500   

· A certificate of completion will be given to nurses who have passed the course successfully

Currently there is no certification process that is recognized by any provincial or territorial nursing body. However we hope to see big changes soon.

· Payment methods:  

· Debit, E-transfer or Credit card ($80 transaction fee applies to payments) 

Expenses not included in tuition:  

Food & Drink – Students are responsible for their own food and drinks each day.  Costs for accommodation & travel to and from clinical and mentorship locations 

The Art and Science of Footcare textbook cost not included.

  Refund and Course Cancelation Policy: 

Should you wish to withdraw, note that tuition received is non-refundable and cannot be deferred.  It is the student's responsibility to attend this course in its entirety for the dates and times registered to receive their final mark and certificate
 

Students responsible to submit the following forms at clinical with a printed (or electronic) copy of the following: 

·  Personal protective insurance ( Liability  insurance)                             

·  Current non-restricted Nursing Registration/License from Nursing Regulatory Body.  

·  Hard copy government issued photo ID 

· Clinical Course Outline (link sent by email) 

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