Patients
Care & Information
WOC Nurses practice in a variety of settings and offer a tremendous amount of technical assistance, comfort and support to patients and their families. They are trained to address the physical, emotional and social issues of patients with ostomies, stomas, acute and chronic wounds, and urinary and fecal incontinence.
* WOCN Referral Search is updated daily - 2008
Please be aware different certifications exist among providers of wound, ostomy and/or continence care. The Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society educate and support our members for certification by the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board. For a more information on certifications, please visit the WOCN Certification Board website.
Important Links
WOCN FEED
- NPUAP's 12th National Biennial Conference
- 2010 Election Results
- Now Available! Management of the Patient with a Fecal Ostomy: Best Practice for Clinicians
- Now Available! The revised Guideline for the Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers
- Purchase a Copy of the WOC Nursing Scope & Standards of Practice
- Guidance on OASIS Skin and Wound