Advanced Diabetic Foot Care Nurse Program · Barrie, Ontario
Become A Foot Care Nurse.
One Price. No Upsells
Looking for a foot care nurse course in Ontario? This advanced foot care course gives you everything you need in one place. It's a diabetic foot care course built around real diabetic foot screening, using a proven clinical framework. RNs and RPNs welcome. 110 hours of online theory, 3 days of hands-on clinical in Barrie with a maximum of 3 students. Plus the business training to actually start earning. One clear path, everything included.
$3,000.00 + HST
Recognized & Aligned
CAFCN Competency Framework · FCN(C) Pathway · CNA · Veterans Affairs Recognized · Green Shield Provider · GEHWOL Education Partner · Simcan
Which Nurse Are You?
Nurses take foot care training for three reasons. The right program respects all three —
not just the one it wants to sell you.
Path 1
Get hired
Out of bedside nursing and into a foot care role — with a company, a clinic, or a community health organization. Graduate employable, certificate in hand.
Path 2
Go mobile
Your kit, your schedule, your clients. Independence without a storefront — visiting homes and facilities in your own community.
Path 3
Open your clinic
Your space, your brand, your practice. We'll help you figure out which path fits your life — not sell you the one we prefer.
How the program is delivered
Online theory is completed through PedEd, followed by three full days of hands-on clinical training delivered by Sarah Ann's Foot Care EDU in Barrie, Ontario. The collaborative format combines comprehensive theory education with intensive clinical application and skill development.
Course hours
- Advanced Nursing Foot Care online theory – 110 hours
- Nursing Foot Care Clinical – 21 hours, Thursday to Saturday
- Up to six weeks to finish the theory. Your clinical cohort follows two weeks later upon theory completion.
Theory and clinical foundations
The comprehensive theory component provides the knowledge required to support safe, evidence-informed advanced nursing foot care practice, including:
- Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of the lower limb
- Factors affecting lower-limb function and mobility
- Biomechanics and lower-limb health
- Infection prevention and control in foot care practice
- Safe use, care and maintenance of foot care instruments and equipment
- Diabetes and its effects on lower-limb health
- Comprehensive diabetic lower-limb assessment
- Therapeutic and psychosocial considerations in foot care
Hands-on clinical skills
During three full days of small-group clinical training, students develop and apply advanced foot care skills in a real clinical environment, including:
- Comprehensive foot and lower-limb assessment
- Diabetic foot assessment and risk identification
- Nail and skin assessment
- Recognition of common nail and skin conditions
- Safe nipper technique and nail reduction
- Safe use of the e-file and rotary burs
- Burr selection and application
- Management of thickened and difficult nails
- Corn and callus reduction
- Ingrown nail assessment and conservative care
- Padding and strapping techniques
- Footwear and sock assessment and education
- Patient education and appropriate referral
- Clinical documentation and charting
- Infection prevention and instrument reprocessing
- Treatment planning and clinical decision-making
- Hands-on patient care under direct supervision
Everything below. One price.
No tiers. No "but wait, there's more." This is the whole thing.
- Online theory, self-paced (PEDEd)
The advanced foot care science, studied on your schedule before clinicals.
- Business education
How a foot care practice actually runs: pricing, booking, forms.
- GEHWOL Academy Foot Care Advisor certificate
The products, what they do, how to use them on clients.
- Certificate of Completion
FCN(C) pathway via CNA.
- Discount for NSWOC courses (10% discount)
- Access to PEDEd Alumni group for network and access to events and information
- 3 full days of hands-on clinical in Barrie
Max 3 students, real patients, real clinic.
- Cracking the Dementia Code certification
Working safely and kindly with clients living with dementia.
- TiredSole360 Practice Pathways access
Step-by-step business practice systems library: forms, workflows, guidance.
- Starter Instrument kit (optional)
Use ours during your clinical days, take our supplier list when you're ready to buy your own.
- Entry into PEDEd Foot Care Nurses directory to advertise your business (free of charge)
- Post-course completion shadowing at our Barrie clinic (if needed)
$3,000 + HST
Taught by Sarah Ann — 20 years in practice, two working clinics. Not an assigned partner. Her.
The one-price promise
Some programs start at one price — then sell you the business training, the mentorship,
and the community separately, into the thousands. Ask anyone for the finished price:
everything from enrollment to working on your own. Then compare.
Here
- $3,000 + HST. Theory, clinical, business foundations, Course Completion certification — done.
- Kit optional — never a surprise line item.
- After graduation: optional alumni-only next steps — your call, never an ambush.
Others
- Low entry price — then paid tiers for business, mentorship, and community.
- Finished price discovered one upsell at a time.
- "Do I really need all this?"
- Ask any program for the finished price — certificate to independent — then compare.
Want a sneak peek?
See inside the actual course before you decide. Get 7-day access to the theory portion.
It's the same content our students study before their clinical days in Barrie.
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Questions nurses ask us
Straight answers. It's kind of our thing.
Is the $961 starter kit required?
No. Use our instruments during clinical, then buy your own with our supplier list whenever you're ready. The kit is there if you want one less errand. Never a requirement.
Who teaches the clinical?
Sarah Ann. Twenty years in practice, two working clinics in Barrie. Maximum three students per clinical. You're learning from the practitioner, not an assigned partner.
Is the certificate recognized?
The program is aligned with the CAFCN Competency Framework and recognized by Veterans Affairs. It also gives you the proper pathway to CNA foot care nurse certification, the FCN(C).
How is this different from cheaper programs?
Ask any program for the finished price. Tuition, kit, and every paid tier after graduation. Some programs look cheap up front. The business training costs extra later.
Here it's all in one. The foot care course, the product training, and the business foundation are included. If you want one-on-one help getting clients after, that's there too. But you don't need it to start working.
Then ask who teaches the clinical and how many students are in the room. Compare the whole picture, not the first number.
I don't want to run a business. Is this still for me?
Yes. Plenty of our graduates get hired by clinics, companies, and community health organizations. The business education is included free. And it stays free. If you change your mind in a year or five years and decide you want your own practice, it's still there waiting for you.
What if I graduate and decide later I want my own practice?
The door stays open. The business foundation is yours free. One year from now, ten years from now, whenever. And if you decide you want guided help getting clients, alumni get first access to that too. Details are shared with graduates.
Can I get funding?
Ontario RNs and RPNs can get up to $1,500 a year back through the Nursing Education Initiative. You apply within 90 days of finishing.
Read it all? Let's talk.
Questions, second thoughts, or just want to hear a human say it out loud — book a 15-minute call to see if this program is the right fit for you.