Description

This session will focus on care coordination and collaboration by WOC nurses; ethics in WOC nursing, current issues and trends that influence WOC nursing; future considerations and challenges for WOC nursing; and standards of WOC nursing practice and professional performance based on the American Nurses Association Standards of Nursing Practice.

This session will be presented by members of the WOC Scope and Standards Task Force. These WOC nurse experts will intrigue you with vignettes and practical application hints on how to enhance your professional practice by embracing the scope and fulfilling the standards.

Learning Objective:

• The learner will be able to apply the new scope and standards to every day practice situations.

Speaker(s):

• Carole Bauer, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, OCN, CWOCN, Wound and Ostomy Nurse Practitioner, Beaumont Health System
• Kathleen Lawrence, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Clinical Specialist Program Director WOC Nursing Care, VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region, VNA and Hospice of the Southwest Region
• Jody Scardillo, DNP RN ANP-BC CWOCN, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner, Albany Medical Center