Sunday, June 25
  10:30 am – 11:30 am (K1) Keynote Address
Speaker and topic to be announced
1.2 Contact Hours
  1:30 pm – 3:00 pm General Session
(K2) Research Paper Presentations
Donna Zimmaro Bliss, PhD, RN, CCRN
1.8 Contact Hours
      This session will provide an opportunity for you to hear the latest research findings in WOC nursing. Research-based abstracts are selected by a rigorous, two-step process. Clinical investigators will present their findings in a moderated podium session. This session will be followed by a brief presentation from CCI director Donna Zimmaro Bliss.
      Objective:
      1. Describe new research findings for the management of wound, ostomy, and continence disorders.
   
Monday, June 26
  8:00 am – 10:30 am (K3) General Session: Ostomy Consensus
Janice C. Colwell, MS, RN, CWOCN, and Margaret T. Goldberg, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Moderator: Mikel Gray, PhD, CUNP, CCCN, FAAN
3.0 Contact Hours
      At the first ostomy consensus presentation, the topic centered on pouching system wear time. The principles were presented and the discussion centered upon the definition of wear time, an outcome to begin to establish standards in managing the patient with a fecal and urinary diversion. This year’s presentation will build upon wear time and begin to examine other critical ostomy based outcomes. More than a lecture, this session will rely on interaction between the moderators and attendees, as expert clinicians and clinical investigators, to establish the standards for measuring essential outcomes when providing care to patients with ostomies. A white paper will be posted on the WOCN Web site that will serve as the basis for this discussion. It is a “not to be missed session” for anyone planning, delivering, or supervising the care of a person with an ostomy.
       
Tuesday, June 27
  3:15 pm – 5:30 pm WOCNCB Session: Building WOC Practice with the Professional Growth Program
Kathleen D. Wright, RN, BC, CWOCN, APRN
2.7 Contact Hours
      Join members of the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Certification Board for a very informative, interactive session on the Professional Growth Program (PGP)! This presentation will aid in the development of a professional portfolio, with a step-by-step review of the application process. Do not wait until the deadline to begin organizing your many projects! Come to this session and learn strategies that develop a stronger practice while accomplishing recertification! Time will also be allowed for an “Ask the Board” panel discussion on the new Advanced Practice and Foot Care certifications!
      Objectives:
      1. Describe the framework for the Professional Growth Program.
      2.Discuss ways that personal, corporate, and organizational goals can be utilized in the PGP process to develop a stronger WOC practice.
     
Wednesday, June 28
  9:15 am – 10:15 am (K4) General Session - Geriatric Presentation
Pain Management in Older Adults
Mathy Mezey, EdD, RN, FAAN
1.2 Contact Hours
      Pain management is a topic that has relevance to all aspects of WOC nursing. The patients that we provide care for may be suffering from acute or chronic pain as a result of surgery, chronic wounds, or associated with an underlying disease. Pain management in the older adult is of particular concern, particularly in those with cognitive impairment. This session will discuss pain management as it relates to older adults. Specific topics will include a discussion of differences in pain assessment in the cognitively impaired patient, as well as differences in response to treatment regimens in the older adult.
      Objectives:
      1. Discuss pain management principles for older adults.
      2. Describe differences in pain assessment for the cognitively impaired patient.
  10:30 am – 11:30 am Closing General Session
What Does It Mean to be a Culturally Competent Health Care Professional?
Josepha Campinha-Bacote, PhD, APRN, BC, CNS, CTN, FAAN
1.2 Contact Hours
      In this presentation, Dr. Campinha-Bacote answers this question by taking health care professionals on a journey towards cultural competence in health care delivery. This journey includes examining her practice model of cultural competence. Dr. Campinha-Bacote will discuss clinical application of the model’s constructs of cultural desire, cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural skill, and cultural encounters as it relates to wound, ostomy, and continence care to culturally and ethnically diverse populations. It is the intent of this session to provide health care providers with a practice model of cultural competence for positively impacting on the quality of wound, ostomy, and continence care in a culturally conscious manner.
      Objectives:
      1. Discuss an overview of cultural competency in health care delivery.
      2. Define cultural competence in health care delivery as it relates to wound, ostomy, and continence care.
      3. Discuss the five components of cultural competence in health care delivery.

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