Development and Implementation of a Professional Wound Care Training Program for Nurses in Taiwan

Expanding the role of nurses to meet the healthcare needs of the public has become an important issue for the nursing profession in Taiwan. To date, there was no professional wound care training program available in Taiwan. Therefore, the aim of this study was to develop, implement, and evaluate the first professional wound care training program in Taiwan. During the 4 months of training,50 nurses from different hospitals attended this program, and 45 nurses completed the training program. The training program consisted of lectures, clinical practice, and case reports. Pre-evaluation and postevaluation of nurse participants deemed the program successful in terms of knowledge and skill of wound care. Three core competencies for wound care nurses were established: control or eliminate causative factors, provide systematic support for wound healing , and maintain physiologic local wound environment.1 This innovative wound care training program will be revised deliberately according to the suggestions of participants. Hence, more confident, skillful, and professional wound care nurses will be cultivated in the future.