Next Step Advanced Foot Care

12/16/2025

Friendly reminder: with our unpredictable Saskatchewan winter weather upon us, please do not risk heading out on the road for your appt if it’s storming. I would much rather we reschedule your appointment with me. Stay safe!

12/11/2025

What an incredible response for my services in Wadena! For those of you inquiring about making an advanced foot care appointment, I will be booking new clients for January and will be in touch early next week with details and available dates. Thanks again.

12/08/2025

ATTENTION WADENA AND SURROUNDING AREA. Due to increased demand, I will be offering a monthly advanced footcare clinic for residents of Wadena and area starting in January 2026! I am eager and excited to expand and provide this much needed medical service to your community.

If you are interested in booking in for your initial appointment or would like more information, please comment below or send me a message. Here is a little bit more about me and the services I provide as a medical, licensed professional.

Let me introduce myself. I am Karrie Ann, and I am a Licensed Practical Nurse and Advanced Foot Care Nurse who is passionate about foot care and education.

I am a member of the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses and hold an independent practice license with the College of Licensed Practial Nurses of Saskatchewan.

I love working with clients and with communities in Wynyard, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas to bring this much needed medical service to those who are in need.

Our feet often get overlooked as a part of our overall health, however, they carry us through each and every day. They deserve the care we so often forget to give them👣❤️🙌

Why is it important to receive advanced foot care from a nurse? This is a valid question. I wanted to touch on a few reasons why this is so important.

Advanced foot care nurses are LICENSED professionals who are highly educated to provide medical treatments. All nurses who specialize in advanced foot care must take specific training and be approved by their licensing bodies to practice foot care.

Accountability is a very important piece. We are held accountable to standards of practice and must be up to date and practice in line with current safety and best practices guidelines. This includes areas such as infection control- for example the sterilization process in cleaning of specialized instruments used for our foot care practices.

We have specific tools and instruments we utilize to provide advanced foot care treatments, keeping in mind specific training for many issues of the common foot and furthermore the diabetic client.

It is very important to see a licensed professional for diabetic foot care.

I offer a complete foot/lower leg assessment, diabetic foot screen, sensation/circulation treatment, trimming/filing of nails, reduction of thickened nails, callous reduction/treatment, corn/cracked heel treatment, ingrown toenail treatment, foot care/footwear education, and referrals as needed.

As advanced foot care nurses, we provide professional foot care nursing, not pedicures.

Karrie Ann Prisiak
Licensed Practical Nurse/ Advanced Foot Care Nurse
Owner of Next Step Advanced Foot Care

nextstepadvancedfootcare@gmail.com

12/03/2025

Quiz time⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

What are these and what in the world do they have to do with your advanced foot care appointment?!?

I want to see your guesses below⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

11/28/2025

Safe tools. Professional care. Health focused service. As an advanced foot care nurse, all of my instruments are properly sterilized.

🧼 Why Sterilized Tools Matter in Foot Care 🦶

When it comes to foot care, cleanliness is more than comfort, it’s safety. That’s why we’re proud to use autoclaved, sterilized tools for every single client.

Here’s why this matters for your health and peace of mind:

🔹 Protection Against Infection
Your skin, especially on the feet, is vulnerable to bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Using non-sterile tools can spread infections like athlete’s foot, nail fungus, or even more serious conditions. Sterilized tools eliminate these risks.

🔹 Gold Standard of Hygiene
We use an autoclave, the same sterilization system trusted in hospitals and dental clinics. It uses high-pressure steam to kill 100% of bacteria, viruses, and spores, ensuring tools are completely clean and safe to use.

🔹 Peace of Mind
Knowing your foot care professional uses sterile instruments means you can relax during your treatment, confident you’re in a safe, professional environment that puts your well-being first.

🔹 Especially Important for High-Risk Clients
If you have diabetes, compromised immunity, or circulation issues, even a small nick or cut can lead to complications. That’s why sterile tools aren’t optional, they’re essential.

🔹 We Never Reuse Without Sterilization
Every set of instruments is thoroughly cleaned, bagged, and autoclaved between clients. We also use single-use items when appropriate to maintain the highest hygiene standards.

✅ Safe tools.
✅ Professional care.
✅ Health-focused service.

When you choose professional foot care that prioritizes sterile instruments, you’re not just getting smoother heels or healthier nails—you’re protecting your overall health.

11/26/2025

I get many questions about what I do as an advanced footcare nurse. Here is a great post from a fellow advanced foot care nurse that shares who and what we do and all the education that goes into our professional practice, and I love that it includes breakdown of what our cost of an appointment entails.

People often get confused between “certified” and licensed in regards to advanced foot care (including but not limited to diabetic footcare) This sums it up:

Certified- unregulated.
LICENSED- regulated, have accountability.

Feel secure knowing you are in the hands of a professional, educated foot care provider when you book with me, Karrie Ann, your local Advanced footcare nurse! You get what you pay for 👣👣👣

💬 “It’s so expensive — you just clip toenails!”

Actually… let’s clarify 👇

To become a Foot Care Nurse, we must first complete a Registered Nursing degree or Practical Nursing diploma — that’s 2+ years of education and roughly a $30,000 (LPN) or ($60,000+ RN) investment before we can even take the specialty foot care training.

From there, we complete an Advanced Foot Care Nursing course, which costs between $1,800–$4,000, plus continuing education to stay current with best practices and infection-control standards.

Then there’s the equipment — all must meet Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Canada standards:
🩺 Autoclave: $4,000–$12,000 (for sterilization) not just any autoclave off Amazon
🧼 Medical-grade tools: $25–$50 per nipper for example
🧰 Sterilization supplies, protective gear, disinfectants, and single-use items — all required for safe, hygienic care.

When you add in your nursing education, specialty education, equipment, and ongoing professional upkeep, it easily costs close to $100,000 just to meet proper standards and deliver safe care.

So no — we don’t “just clip toenails.”
We’re highly trained medical professionals providing specialized, sterile, and preventative foot care — with the same precision and safety expectations you’d find in any healthcare setting.

👩‍⚕️ Jessie’s Foot Care — Nursing-led, medically safe, infection-controlled, and proudly professional.

11/24/2025

NOVEMBER IS DIABETES AWARENESS MONTH

As advanced footcare nurses, we are the FRONT LINE OF PREVENTION. We play a critical role not only in our clients quality of life, but in their overall mobility.

Regularly scheduled appointments with me, your advanced footcare nurse, is an important part of your overall health and wellness.

When you book your initial appointment, you receive a full lower leg and foot assessment, which automatically includes a diabetic foot screen as well.

We are educated in the disease process of Diabetes Mellitus, and can refer you for any abnormalities we may find during our assessment. We can also provide diabetic teaching and education during your appointment.

This is simply one more reason to put your trust in a licensed professional. Book your appointment with me, Karrie Ann, your local advanced footcare nurse, today! If you are interested in bringing my services to your community/facility please reach out.

Our feet walk us through each and every day. Ensure you are giving them the care and attention they deserve.

Next Step Advanced Foot Care
Karrie Ann Prisiak, LPN/Advanced Footcare Nurse
Wynyard, Saskatchewan
(306)554-8189
nextstepadvancedfootcare@gmail.com

11/22/2025

UPDATE: December 3rd clinic is NOW FULL. Although my December books are full.. I’ve decided to add one more footcare clinic in Wynyard on December 3! Comment below or message me if you are wanting to book an advanced footcare appointment!

11/18/2025

Hello and welcome to my page!

Let me introduce myself. I am Karrie Ann, and I am a Licensed Practical Nurse and Advanced Foot Care Nurse who is passionate about foot care and education.

I am a member of the Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses and hold an independent practice license with the College of Licensed Practial Nurses of Saskatchewan.

I love working with clients and with communities in Wynyard, Saskatchewan and surrounding areas to bring this much needed medical service to those who are in need.

Our feet often get overlooked as a part of our overall health, however, they carry us through each and every day. They deserve the care we so often forget to give them👣❤️🙌

I am now taking bookings for December and January. New clients are always welcome!

Why is it important to receive advanced foot care from a nurse? This is a valid question. I wanted to touch on a few reasons why this is so important.

Advanced foot care nurses are LICENSED professionals who are highly educated to provide medical treatments. All nurses who specialize in advanced foot care must take specific training and be approved by their licensing bodies to practice foot care.

Accountability is a very important piece. We are held accountable to standards of practice and must be up to date and practice in line with current safety and best practices guidelines. This includes areas such as infection control- for example the sterilization process in cleaning of specialized instruments used for our foot care practices.

We have specific tools and instruments we utilize to provide advanced foot care treatments, keeping in mind specific training for many issues of the common foot and furthermore the diabetic client.

It is very important to see a licensed professional for diabetic foot care.

I offer a complete foot/lower leg assessment, diabetic foot screen, sensation/circulation treatment, trimming/filing of nails, reduction of thickened nails, callous reduction/treatment, corn/cracked heel treatment, ingrown toenail treatment, foot care/footwear education, and referrals as needed.

As advanced foot care nurses, we provide professional foot care nursing, not pedicures.

Karrie Ann Prisiak
Licensed Practical Nurse/ Advanced Foot Care Nurse
Owner of Next Step Advanced Foot Care

nextstepadvancedfootcare@gmail.com

11/13/2025

Why is advanced foot care important?

11/11/2025

Remembering those who paid with the ultimate sacrifice, as well as those that remained. On this November 11th and every day in between, we remember all who served so that we could be free.

11/04/2025

How grateful I am to house my advanced footcare clinic office inside these walls of Humboldt Ink Wynyard alongside some amazing businesses.

My goal is to provide you with a licensed, professional medical appointment in a relaxed and welcoming space.

Check out the November drink specials at Pen and Page before you see me at your appointment. Sit back, sip on a delicious beverage and relax in my leather recliner (complete with drink holder) while I take care of all of your advanced footcare care needs. Your feet will thank you.

Footcare is an important part of our overall health, yet it is often overlooked. Let this be your daily reminder to take care of those feet of yours. They walk you through each and every day.