NAWCO certification covering comprehensive wound, ostomy, and continence care across care settings.
Who it's for
Registered nurses and other healthcare professionals with clinical experience in wound, ostomy, and continence management — one of the few nursing specialty credentials open to multiple licensed disciplines (nursing, OT, PT, and medicine), not RNs alone.
What's covered
- Wound assessment and staging
- Wound management and dressings
- Ostomy and continence care
- Professional practice
What to expect
Expect applied, case-based questions on wound staging and treatment selection — the kind of judgment calls you'd make at the bedside choosing a dressing or assessing healing progress — rather than pure terminology recall.
How to prepare
NAWCCB doesn't sell prep materials directly; the Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI) and similar training providers offer the field's most widely used review courses, and the official Candidate Examination Handbook (published by NAWCCB) is the definitive source for eligibility and content-outline detail.
