WOCN Library / Position Statements
The WOCN Society offers position statements in an effort to ensure that the most beneficial patient care is provided in the most cost-effective manner. Optimal management of patients with chronic wounds, ostomies or continence disorders involves interventions including appropriate and cost-effective supply use, and strategies to support the return of individuals to productive lifestyles.
- Avoidable Versus Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers (2009)
- Clinical Issues in Clean Intermittent Catheterization (2009)
- AUA and WOCN Joint Position Statement on the Value of Preoperative Stoma Marking for Patients Undergoing Urinary Ostomy Surgery (2009)
- Entry Level Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse Education and Certification (2008)
- Pressure Ulcer Staging (2007)
- The Value of Preoperative Stoma Marking for Patients Undergoing Fecal Ostomy Surgery (2007)
- Magnet Status Document (2005)
- Photography in Wound Documentation (2005)
- Clean vs Sterile: Management of Chronic Wounds (2005)
- Competency and WOC Nursing (2003)
The Society maintains that the information contained in the following documents reflects the standard of care when they were created and acknowledges that more current information may be available on these topics.
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