Health and Fitness

Nursing Foot Care

Cost: $1991 + Supply Kit $450 (+tax)
Prerequisite: Students must be an active, licensed: RN, LPN, RPN, or NP (Nurse Practitioner) to take this course. Certification will be confirmed.

This course includes an in-depth focus on:

• Assessment of the foot and lower limb
• Prevention and education for the client with diabetes to assist in preventing diabetic foot complications
• Sterilization and infection control procedures used in reprocessing instruments
• Excellent review of the process and resources needed in starting your own business

Once registered, students must email continuingeducation@ufv.ca with their personal email, nursing license, and expiry date.

This course meets the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses (CAFCN) competencies and the Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA). It also includes cracking the Dementia Code certification. On completion, students have their own foot care ‘kit’ including four sets of instruments and supplies needed to start their foot care career.

Next steps: 

1. Email continuingeducation@ufv.ca with your personal email, nursing license, and expiry date as soon as you have registered.
2. Course work will be completed through PedEd using the Moodle platform, not UFV Blackboard. You will receive an email with instructions to log on one business day before the course starts. 
   • Ensure your email address is accurate when registering.
   • If you do not receive the email with instructions to your main inbox, check your junk folder.
   • For technical support logging in or navigating the online learning system, please contact: support@pededucation.com
3. Complete the online course work (theory-based learning) over the next 8 weeks.
4. Upon completion of the online course work, students are required to attend the mandatory 3 day clinical (applied practice). 
   • Supply kits are distributed at clinical.

Note: This is a course, please refer to Student Resources for a Glossary of terms.

Delivery method: Blended

Delivery method: Blended

PVPC - Preventing and Protecting Against Violence in the Workplace

Cost: $130
Prerequisite: Violence Prevention for Medium and High Risk Departments - 8 Modules - accessible on the LearningHub (phsa.ca)

Health care workers learn the steps needed to prevent and protect against violence in the workplace. The curriculum is based on overarching principles and a Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum framework which identifies four main responsibilities in preventing and protecting against violence in the workplace:

1) Recognize Risks and Behaviours
2) Assess and Plan
3) Respond to the Risk
4) Report and Communicate Post-Incident

Participants will learn the foundational knowledge regarding those tasks, first in the series of e-learning modules and then by applying that knowledge in the hands-on session designed to reinforce and practice what they need to do to prevent and protect against workplace violence.

This workshop is a mandatory requirement prior to practicum/clinical placements and is the final component of the Preventing and Protecting Against Violence in the Workplace program which prepares students to undertake practicum placements in health authorities.

Delivery method: In-class

Abbotsford — Clearbrook Centre