Basic Foot Care for RN, RPN

This 12 hour course will enable the RN or RPN to practice foot care on children, adults and the elderly in an institution or community setting. It will teach the nurse to assess and recognize both soft tissue lesions such as calluses, corns, veruca warts, athletes' foot, and boney deformities such as bunions, claw toes, hammer toes, and others. The course will focus on health professional clinical practice. The second day will consist of all day hands on practice in both the lab and a clinical facility. Students are asked to have at least 1 month growth on nails. Pre-requisite: CNO registration number.