Podortho Nurse’s Mandate

The Ontario Association of Podortho Nurses mandate Is to support members by promoting the role of the Podortho ® Nurse in career objectives to work in an interdisciplinary health care setting or independent practice.

Our foot care training courses can easily help our members improve their knowledge of foot care and lower limb care. They will obtain the knowledge needed to treat many different lower limb conditions including diabetic foot care. Join our foot care school today.

Podortho® Nurse Registration Requirements with OPNA

Podortho Nurse’s Practice Statement

Podortho ® Nurse’s are Registered Nurses (Registered Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner (s) who are regulated health care providers that specialize in the field of Advanced Medical Foot and Lower Limb Care. The primary objective of a Podortho ® Nurse is to optimize foot and lower limb health, improve client mobility and overall health related quality of life. This is achieved by performing lower leg and foot assessments, which has been known to detect early signs of life-threatening diseases or disabling conditions. In conjunction, Podortho ® Nurses use the nursing process to diagnose, develop and implement a plan of care, and evaluate patient outcomes, while working as part of an interdisciplinary health care team or independently to provide quality client care.

Our Podortho Nursing Foot Care Education Vision

To certify Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses with the title Podortho Nurse who have specialized in post graduate studies of foot and lower limb care though continued education initiatives.

To make recommendations to educational facilities to increase the level of education for Nurses specializing in Foot and lower limb care through continuing education initiatives.

Recommend training for Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses who wish to specialize in Foot and Lower limb care to private educational facilities and, community colleges standardizing a minimum 180 hour nursing foot care training courses.

To educate the public and advance provincial and national recognition of the Podortho Nurse through the appropriate channels of legislation.

To lead Registered Nurses and Registered Practical Nurses to best practice in foot and lower limb care within their role allowing that to broaden with the continued changes in health care within our governing body encouraging best practice educational initiatives.

To decrease the barriers presented to Foot Care Nurses in the industry that are providing care to their patients.

To support Nurses to become more recognized for their respected education in Nursing and specialty area of foot and lower limb care as regulated health care providers.