Saturday, June 24
Pre-conference Workshops
  8:30 am– 4:00 pm (001)(T) WOCN Society Certification Review Course
  8:30 am– 11:30 am (002)(T) Leadership Development Workshop
      Topics: Orientation to CCI and Finance
Multitasking and Prioritizing for the WOCN Leader
  8:00 am– 11:30 am (003)(T) Differential Assessment of Lower Extremity Disease and the Role of
ABI Testing
Pre-conference Workshops
  1:00 pm. – 4:00 pm (004)(T) Simplifying Complex Fistula Management Using a Case-Based
Approach
  1:00 pm – 4:00 pm (005)(T) Preceptor Workshop
  3:00 pm. – 5:00 pm Poster Set-up
  4:00 pm – 5:30 pm WOC Nurse Networking Opportunities
  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Volunteer Recognition Reception (T)
  6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Regional Meetings
   
Sunday, June 25
  6:30 am – 6:00 pm Registration
  7:30 am – 9:00 am Welcome Breakfast for First-time Attendees Only (T)
  7:45 am – 8:00 pm Poster Session
  8:45 am – 10:00 am General Session
      Presidential Address and Awards Presentation
  10:00 am – 10:30 am Coffee Break
  10:30 am – 11:30 am Keynote Address
      (K1) To Be Announced
  11:45 am – 1:00 pm Luncheon Symposia
      (S01) Peeling Back the Layers: The Science of Compression Therapy
Supported by 3M Health Care
      (S03) Beyond Incontinence and Wound Care: Bowel Management is More
Than Meets the Eye
Supported by Zassi Medical Evolutions, Inc.
  1:30 pm – 3:00 pm General Session
      (K2) Research Paper Presentations
  3:15 pm – 4:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
      (200) Implementation of Federal Tag 314 in the LTC Setting
      (201) Expert Session: Update on Bowel Obstruction
      (202) Basic Continence Competencies I
      (203) Digital Photography and Its Integration into WOC Practice Across
Care Settings
  4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Concurrent Sessions
      (204) Deep Tissue Injury
      (205) Norma Gill Lecture: Survey of WOC Nurses on Stomal and Peristomal Complications: Validation Study
      (206) Basic Continence Competencies II
      (207) Effective Teaching Techniques for Patients and Families
  5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Grand Opening Reception with Exhibits
     
Monday, June 26
  7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
  6:30 am – 7:45 am Breakfast Symposia
      (S04) Clinical Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
Supported by KCI
      (S05) The What, When, and Why of Advanced Wound Management
Supported by Johnson & Johnson Wound Management
      (S06) A Closer Look at Perineal Skin Injury Associated with Incontinence in Acute Care Facilities
Supported by Sage Products
  8:00 am – 10:30 am (K3) General Session
      Ostomy Consensus
  9:00 am – 5:00 pm Poster Session
  10:45 am – 11:45 am Concurrent Sessions
      (301) The Use of Accommodative Dressing in Management of Diabetic and Neuropathic Foot Wounds
      (302) Expert Session: Abdominal Wall Reconstruction: Focus on Peristomal Hernia Repair
      (303) Applying the CMS-Tag F315: Guideline to Clinical Practice
      (304) The How To’s of Doing Literature Search
  12:00 pm Exhibit Hall Opens
  12:00 pm – 2:45 pm Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
For all registered attendees
  3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
      (305) MRSA: Learn to Live With It
      (306) Lost to Follow-up/Transitioning Between Sites of Care
      (307) Effect of Spinal Cord Injury on Urinary and Fecal Continence
      (308) Legislative and Public Policy Update
  4:15 pm – 5:15 pm Concurrent Sessions
      (309) Lymphedema
      (310) Expert Session: Creative Solutions to Pouching without a Pouching Surface
      (311) Urinary Incontinence in the Post-prostatectomy Patient
      (312) Evidence-Based Practice is Not Just for University Hospitals: Implementing Evidence-based Practice into All WOC Nursing Practice Sites
  5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Annual Members’ Business Meeting
  7:30 pm 3M Health Care Mill City Museum Social Event
   
Tuesday, June 27
  7:00 am – 6:00 pm Registration
  7:00 am – 8:45 am Authors’ Poster Session and Awards with Continental Breakfast
For all registered attendees
  8:45 am – 6:30 pm Poster Session Continues
  9:00 am – 10:00 am Concurrent Sessions
      (400) Expert Session: Impaired Vascular Progenitor Function in Diabetic Wound Healing
      (401) Rupert B. Turnbull Lecture: Surgical Update: Fecal Diversions
      (402) Expert Session: Neuro-urology: The Lower Urinary Tract
      (403) Ignorance Is No Defense: Nursing and Malpractice Risks
  10:15 am – 11:15 am Concurrent Sessions
      (404) Pharmacotherapy and Skin Disasters
      (405) Challenges in Clinical Practice
      (406) Expert Session: The Bladder X-Rated; Using Videourodynamics for Incontinence Care
      (407) DMERCs and the Implications for WOC Nursing Across Practice Settings
  10:45 am – 11:30 am Exhibitors’ Meeting
  11:30 am – 2:00 pm Exhibits Open
(Lunch available for purchase)
  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Concurrent Sessions
      (408) Peer Pressure: What Are You Doing to Prevent Perioperative Pressure Ulcers?
      (409) Guidelines for Pediatric Ostomy and Skin Care
      (410) Urinary Tract Infections in Adults and the Elderly
      (411) Reimbursement Strategies for the Non-advanced Practice WOC Nurse
  3:15 pm – 5:30 pm WOCNCB Session: Building WOC Practice with the Professional Growth Program
  6:30 pm – 7:45 pm Dinner Symposia
      (S07) Improving Treatment Outcomes of Moisture and Incontinence Related Wounds; Expert Clinical Rationale and Practice Guidelines
Supported by Healthpoint, Ltd.
      (S08) It’s a Small World: Pediatric Ostomy Care
Supported by Hollister Inc.
     

Wednesday, June 28

  7:30 am – 12:00 pm Registration
  8:00 am – 12:00 pm Poster Session
  6:30 am – 7:45 am Breakfast Symposium
      (S09) Managing Overactive Bladder (OAB) and Urge Incontinence: Focus on the Frail Elder Person
Supported by Pfizer, Inc.
      (S10) Definition, Measurement, and Ongoing Monitoring of Quality of Life (QOL) among People Living with Ostomy to Enhance Outcomes among Both Patients and WOC Nurses
Supported by ConvaTec/Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
      (S11) Chronic Wound Fluid: Beyond Maceration
Supported by Smith & Nephew Wound Management
  8:00 am – 9:00 am Concurrent Sessions
      (500) Expert Session: Advanced Lower Extremity Wound Assessment
      (501) Surgical Issues in the Management of the Obese Patient with a Stoma
      (502) Thelma Wells Lecture: Assessment and Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence
      (503) Implementing Technology into Practice: The WOC Nurse and the Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
  9:15 am – 10:15 am (K4) Geriatric Presentation
      Pain Management in Older Adults
  10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
  10:30 am – 11:30 am Closing General Session
      What Does It Mean to be a Culturally Competent Health Care Professional?