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WOCN
National Conference Planning Committee
Janet Ramundo, MSN, RN, CWOCN, FNP, Chair
Susan L. Appleby, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CURN
Diane Bryant, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Lea Crestodina, MSN, RN, GNP, CWOCN, CDE
Julie Phelps Maloy, ARNP, MS, CWOCN
Joyce Pittman, RN, NP, CWOCN
Michelle Rice, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Nancy Tomaselli, MSN, RN, CS, CRNP, CWOCN
Carolyn Watts, MSN, RN, CWCN
Ex-officio
Margaret T. Goldberg, MSN, RN, CWOCN, President
Janice C. Colwell, MS, RN, CWOCN, President-elect
Content
Experts
Janice M. Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN
Renee Cordrey, PT, PhD(c), MSPT, MPH, CWS
Colleen M. Drolshagen, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Lynette Franklin, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Mikel Gray, PhD CUNP, CCCN, FAAN
Mary Arnold Long, MSN, RNC, CRRN
Dianne Mackey, BSN, RN, PHN, CWOCN
Contact
Hours
The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Society is accredited
as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses’
Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Attendees
can earn one nursing contact hour (CH) for every 50 minutes of educational
time and must complete an evaluation for each session attended in
order to receive contact hours. Evaluation forms should be submitted
at the conclusion of the conference. Contact hours will be awarded
as follows:
Pre-conference workshops: up to 7.8 Contact
Hours
Annual educational conference: up to 37.2 Contact Hours
**The actual number of contact hours to be awarded
for each session is noted in individual session descriptions. Expert
level sessions are also featured in this year’s program. Look
for credit hour designations after each session.
Conference
Objectives
- Discuss advances in theoretical and clinical
knowledge impacting individuals affected by wound, ostomy or continence
(WOC) issues.
- Describe the evidence base for WOC nursing
practice.
- Identify and discuss current issues/controversies
and trends affecting WOC nursing practice.
- Participate in networking opportunities.
- Describe strategies for implementing, justifying
and marketing the WOC nurse role.
- Discuss multidisciplinary approaches to enhance
outcomes in various health care settings.
- Describe the role of technology in the delivery
of health care.
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