This session will provide an opportunity for you to hear the latest research findings and/or practice innovations in WOC nursing. Abstracts are selected by a rigorous peer review process. Investigators and clinicians will present their findings in a moderated session.

A pragmatic randomized controlled clinical study to evaluate the use of silicone dressings for the treatment of skin tears
Kimberly LeBlanc, PhD, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C), FCAN

Incidence and Risk Factors for Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury in Intensive Care Unit Unstable Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study
Juliano Teixeira Moraes, RN, Ms, PhD, CETN

Digitizing Wound Care: How Data-Driven Wound Management Transformed Our Practice Forever
Michael Oliver, MSc, BSc (Hons)

Evaluation of the Microbial Population and Treatment with Photodynamic Therapy in Feet Ulcers of People with Diabetes
Idevania Costa, RN, NSWOC, PhD

This session will review the latest knowledge in pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease with particular focus on the treatment of patients with this lifelong, often debilitating, disorder.

Supported by Smith+Nephew

• Practical application of RENASYS TOUCH NPWT for WOC Nurses
• Analysis of case reviews for RENASYS and PICO
• NPWT Decision Tree -When to use traditional or single-use NPWT
• Patient experience, clinician experience and new ways to improve NPWT for both

Supported by Hollister Incorporated

WOC nurses are best positioned to make positive impacts to the lives of the patients they care for. Unfortunately, people living with a stoma who experience leakage and peristomal skin complications have a decreased quality of life. Surgeons, WOC nurses, and home care nurses have the responsibility to be PROACTIVE in their practice and consider products designed to provide security with a pouching system to support healthy peristomal skin.
This panel discussion symposium, led by a moderator, will discuss the use of soft convexity earlier in a patient’s journey with the health care team who strive to achieve positive outcomes and set their patient’s up for success from the start.

This session will offer participants the opportunity to understand a conceptual framework that includes Leininger’s Culture Care theory and the Papadopoulos cultural competence model as guides in the promotion of culturally congruent care. A clear description of the conceptual framework will be discussed to understand and apply the framework into actual practice.

There have been significant advances in our understanding of how the gut, the microbiome, diet, the mucosal immune system, GI surgery and altered physiology interact during health and disease. This session will focus on how this new scientific insight can improve patient care and day to day health in the community.

Over the last four decades, the ileoanal pouch operation has seen great improvements in surgical technique, pouch configuration, medical management and patient outcomes. However innovation in this area can be daunting for less experienced practitioners and change is not always welcome, especially if costs or risks appear to outweigh potential benefits. This session aims to inform nurses to better support pouch patients and surgical colleagues when innovation is inevitable.

This session will provide an opportunity for you to hear the latest research findings and/or practice innovations in WOC nursing. Abstracts are selected by a rigorous peer review process. Investigators and clinicians will present their findings in a moderated session.

Reducing Diabetic Foot Ulcer Size in the Ambulatory Setting
Lisa Hill, MSN, RN, CWOCN

Physician residents shadowing a Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse to develop interprofessional competencies: A quality improvement project
Laura Monahan, OFS, DNP, MBA, RN

Diaper Dermatitis Algorithm Quality Improvement Initiative to Decrease Incidence of and Severity of Diaper Dermatitis using a Reliable and Valid Scoring Tool in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
Meredith Sharp, MSN, RN, CWON, RN-BC

Foot Care Education Retention among Diabetic Ulcer Patients in the Outpatient Setting
Melissa Marrero, MSN, RN, CWCN

The key to preventing and managing pressure injuries is reducing pressure and shear forces wherever they are – hospital, home, rehab centre, community etc. Bed rest has negative health consequences for clients, making mobilization and sitting a priority. As a result, managing pressure and shear forces in sitting is critical to the overall pressure injury prevention and management plan.

This practical workshop will equip participants with the information they need to assess, trouble shoot options and decide when a referral to an interprofessional team member is warranted. Even when a referral is made, participants will develop strategies to improve pressure and shear management until the client is seen.

This session will not offer any nursing contact hours.

Many of the wounds we tend to assess are surgical in nature. However, many times, the difficult-to-treat wounds are merely a symptom of a separate underlying process. This session will review several conditions that feature cutaneous wounds as a major symptom.