Training Centers: 

Riverpath Retirement @ 80  Landry Street, Vanier

Chartwell Kanata @ 20 Shirley's Brook, Kanata

Locations may be added or changed.

FCN Clinical Dates and Registration Deadlines:

TIMES: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

• February 10-15, 2020 (Registration deadline January 5, 2020)

• • April 4-9, 2020 (Registration deadline March 14, 2020)- CANCELLED
• new date May 2-7 2020 CANCELLED
• • September 5-10, 2020 (Registration deadline August 8, 2020) FULL
• • October 3-8, 2020 (Registration deadline September 5, 2020) NEW
• • November 7-22, 2020 (Registration deadline October 10, 2020)

Please contact us if the clinical dates do not align with your schedule. 

Alternative solutions may be available. 

The Onsite Foot Care Nurse Clinical course is a 43 hour+/6 day mentorship and clinical course for nurses who have successfully completed the Online Foot Care Nurse Theory course and are ready to practise their Foot Care Nurse skills onsite with the guidance and supervision of a Foot Care Nurse Educator. 

The course uses the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses’ National Competencies for Advanced Nursing Foot Care in Canada (2017) as Clinical Performance Standards and teaches a comprehensive, advanced and diabetic nursing foot care curriculum, which follows current best practice guidelines and evidence-based practice.This curriculum uses the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses National Competencies for Advanced Nursing Foot Care in Canada as  Clinical Performance Standards. 

• Nurses will experience 1-1 mentorship. 
• Develop specialty knowledge to promote healthy feet.
• Study methods of advocacy, assessment and communication for patient engagement.
• Learn the terminology and etiology of advanced and diabetic nursing health assessment.
• Hands on skills training to properly cut and file all nail types. 
• Manage corns calluses and ingrown toe nails and identify and address comorbiditites of the lower limb.
• Business training to operate as a successful independent practice foot care nurse. 
  
• Best practice in sterilization and infection control
• A certificate of completion on successfully meeting minimum requirements of the course.

• Education can also include *depending on time and class sizes* 
• Padding and Strapping, Podiatry Drill, Vacuum Drill, Scalpel, Doppler Ultrasound, Nail Bracing and Compression Therapy.