Patients
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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.
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- 2010 Call for Nominations
- Haiti Disaster Relief Information
- Guidance on OASIS Skin and Wound
- Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI)
- Portable Instructional Education (PIE) - Acute Care 1st Edition >> New
- Indwelling Urinary Catheters: Best Practice for Clinicians >> New
I don't see how anyone in this line of work could function at a professional level without being a member of WOCN.