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A New Look for WOCN’s Continuing Education Center (CEC)
We are excited to introduce our new and improved look and feel to the WOCN® Continuing Education Center (CEC). With this new look also comes …
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The WOCN® Society Announces New ICD-10-CM Codes for Moisture-Associated Skin Damage
The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society™ (WOCN®) today announced that its application for new ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes for Moisture-Associated Skin Damage (MASD) has been …
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In Response to Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida made landfall last week and affected much of the South East and North Eastern areas of our country, particularly Louisiana, New Jersey, and …
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Introducing the Brand-New emPOWERed Program
Whether you are the only WOC nurse in your facility or on a team of many, your daily life can be stressful, especially when patient …
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Ostomy Patient Working Toward Becoming Ostomy Nurse
The content in this blog was provided by Charlotte Rensberger, Blog Coordinator at Girls with Guts I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis and had my …
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Women Helping Women: Nurse’s Ostomy Journey
The content in this blog was provided by Manda Barger, Secretary of Girls with Guts Rachel Badovick is a certified acute care pediatric nurse practitioner. …
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Introducing New Enhancements to the Wound Treatment Associate (WTA®) Program
As the premier program offering basic wound care education, the WOCN® Society strives to ensure that the WTA Program remains accurate, relevant, and current. Periodic …
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A New Clinical Tool From WOCN
Introducing the Body Worn Absorbent Product Guide Despite recent advances in multiple areas of continence management including pharmacotherapy, surgery, physiotherapy, and neuromodulation, evidence suggests that …
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