Ostomy Care Associate (OCA) Course

The WOCN Society developed the Ostomy Care Associate (OCA) Program as a continuing education program to further empower wound, ostomy, and continence specialty nurses and to improve patient outcomes by enhancing the general ostomy knowledge for the entire nursing team. The OCA Program prepares LPNs, RNs, and other licensed clinicians to provide optimal care in ostomy, fistula, and percutaneous tube care, and function as an invaluable extension of any WOC nurse team.

Eligible participants are RN and LPN/LVN. Awards 27 Nursing Contact hours.

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.

For information on the OCA program, visit www.wocn.org/ostomy-care-associate-program.

For questions regarding Atrium Health At Home's offering, contact [email protected].

Teammates of Atrium Health and Associates - please contact Peggy Dorsey for possible discount promo codes available.

Refunds are not available once the course has been assigned.

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