Nursing Continuing Professional Development Accreditation Information


Accreditation Statement

The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15115. 


Learning Outcome 

Learners will report their intention to apply best practices in wound care across the care continuum.


Contact Hours 

This activity awards a maximum of 6.75 Contact Hours and 0.50 hour of Pharmacology Credit. Attendees are able to earn one nursing Contact Hour for every hour of education time. Learners complete an evaluation to receive Contact Hours. 


Disclosures 

Commercial Support: The WOCN Society received a grant from the following organizations for this activity:
3M Health Care

Relevant Financial Relationships: The planners and faculty for this activity do not have any relationships to disclose unless listed below. Any relevant relationships with ANCC-defined ineligible companies are mitigated according to ANCC Standards prior to the start of the activity.

Janice Beitz

  • Convatec: Clinical Advisory Board

Elizabeth Friedrich

  • Hormel Health Labs: Advisory Council and Consultant 

Mikel Gray

  • 3M Health Care: Clinical Advisory Board
  • Coloplast: Clinical Advisory Board

Laurie McNichol

  • 3M Health Care: Clinical Advisory Board
  • Hollister Incorporated: Consultant

Catherine Milne

  • 3M Health Care: Speakers’ Bureau and Consultant
  • Convatec: Speakers’ Bureau
  • Smith+Nephew: Speakers’ Bureau
  • Medline: Clinical Advisory Board and Speakers’ Bureau
  • HMP Global: WoundCon Co-Chair and WoundSource Clinical Editor

Debra Thayer

  • 3M Health Care: Stock Holder