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"Body Talk": A Magazine for Youths with Ostomies
Karine Dupuis, RN, MN, ET, Laura Robbs, RN, MN, ET, NCA, Janice Penner, RN, BScN, ET
A collaborative model: Clinical pathways for the effective treatment of venous ulcers
Susan Appleby, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CURN, Joyce C. Honea, FNP-C, Judy Raboy, RN, BSN, CWOCN
A Journey in Developing an Independent Continence Practice for Long Term Care
JoAnn M. Ermer-Seltun, RN, MS, ARNP, CWOCN, Debra Netsch, RN, MSN, ARNP, CWOCN, Ruth A. BRYANT, RN, MS, CWOCN, Bonnie Sue Rolstad, RN, MS, CWOCN
A multi-disciplinary approach to a bed & surface evaluation with a focus on skin integrity preservation, caregiver ergonomics, and safety
Donna Crossland, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Angela Rodgers, RN, BSN, Evelyn J. Sinclair, RN, BC, BSN, CON, Donna Goldson-Piper, MS, PT
Achieving Maximum Performance with Calcium Alginate/CMC with Silver Dressing
Linda Galvan, RN, BSN, CWOCN, APN, Chris Barkauskas, RN, BA, CWOCN, APN, Andrea McIntosh, RN, BSN, CWOCN, APN
An Integrated Health System Endeavor to Reduce the Prevalence of Hospital Aquired Pressure Ulcers
Margaret E. Talley, RN, MSN, CNS, CWCN, Ann Z. Moore, RN, MSN, CWCN
Bed Safety and Entrapment
Paula Gruccio, RN, MSN, CWCN, COCN, CCCN
Community bladder screening:improving access to treatment
Madeline R. Cafiero, MS, FNP, CWOCN, Aimee Carlson, MS, ANP, CWOCN, Cynthia Maloney-Monaghan, MS, FNP
Count Down to Decreasing Pressure Ulcer Prevaence
Deanna M. Vargo, RN, BSN, CWS, FCCWS
Cracking the Differential Diagnosis Code of Stomal and Peristomal Complications
Debra S. Netsch, RN, MSN, FNP, CWOCN, Bonnie Sue Rolstad, RN, MS, CWOCN, Janet Ramundo, RN, MSN, CWOCN, FNP
Developing a Comprehensive Fecal Incontinence Management Progrqam
Deborah P. Gray, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Development of a Wound Program with a Pressure Ulcer Prevention Initiative
Donna Crossland, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Susan Stackpoole, MSN, RN, Tim Kaye, RN
Development of a Nurse Sensitive Education Outcome Indicator: New Ostomate Self Care Education
Kathy A. Demmer, RN, MSN, Karen E. Nelson, RN, BSN
Development of a WOC Nursing Webpage for Intranet Access Within a Large Urban Pediatric Hospital
Kim R. Bookout, MSN, RN, CPNP, CWOCN
Do Event Reports Regarding Nosocomial Pressure Ulcers Mirror the National Database of Nursing Qualtiy Indicators (NDNQI) Data Collection at a Community Hospital
Shawneen M. Schmitt, MSN, MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN, Jeanne Stadler, MS, RN, CWOCN
Factors Impacting the Success of a Wound Photography Program
Thomas E. Madden, Kevin M. Gobeyn
How valuable is the information provided by pressure mapping
Jeanne Perla, Ph.D., RN, Cynthia Sylvia, RN, MA, CWOCN, Laura C. Grisanti, RN, CNOR
Interdisciplinary quality improvement team develops and implements a pressure ulcer prevention program using algorithms to guide staff practice
Patricia J. Emmons, R.N., M.S.N., C.N.S., C.W.O.C.N., Pam Simmons, R.N., M.S., Susan Hammerstad, R.N., M.S., Susan Ashworth, R.N., B.S.N., C.W.C.N., C.O.C.N.
Keratin Biopolymer Dressings for Wound Care
Fetram Sigurjonson, Rob Kelly, PhD, Robert Allen Smith, MD, Azam Ali, PhD, Rob Mcpherson, PhD
Long Term Care Bed Frames and Tissue Interface Pressure
Judith K. Harwood, R.N., B.S., CWOCN
Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital (MRH) Ostomy Product Matrix: Assisting Nurses and Personnel in Purchasing Department in the Selection and Provision of Ostomy Appliance
Annielyn A. Ocampo, BSN, RN
Managing Diarrhea and Fecal Incontinence: Results of a Prospective Clinical Study in the ICU
Anantha Padmanabhan, MD, Kimberly Howe, Ph.Dc., RN, Mark A. Stern, MD, Jeffrey Williams, MD, Mari Mangino, RN, CRC, Eileen McCann, RN, CWOCN
One Good Turn Deserves Another: the Prevention of Nosocomial Pressure Ulcers at a Community Hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland
E. Ann Roney, RN, BSN, MS, CHCNS, CWOCN
Ostomy Carts: An Effective Way for Staff Nurses to Obtain Supplies
Kathy Tavernelli, BSN, RNC, CWOCN, Susan Reif, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Laura Herbe, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Ovarian Cancer Update: WOC Nurse's Role in Management
Kathryn G. Froiland, MSN, RN, AOCN, CWOCN
Pressure Ulcers in the OR; Recognize the Myths and Understand the Facts
Laura C. Grisanti, RN, CNOR, Cynthia Sylvia, RN, MA, CWOCN
Process Improvement: Ostomy Care and Customer Excellence: A Program Re-invented
Lidia M. Garner, MSM, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN
Proposed: Stoma Management Ease Classification (SMEC) for Communication of Needs
Lena E. McCubbin, RN, MS, CWOCN
Quality Improvement: Reducing the cost of delivering wound care
Lidia M. Garner, MSM, BSN, RN, CWCN, COCN
Relative Delivery Efficiency and Convenience of Spray and Ointment Formulations of Papain/Urea/Chlorophyllin Enzymatic Wound Therapies
Dorothy Weir, RN, CWCN, COCN, CWS., Kathleen L. Farley, MS, RN
Role of Ultrasound in Mechanical Debridement of Chronic Wounds
Christine A. Newcomer, MSN, RN, WOCN, Catherine Ratliff, PhD, APRN-BC, CWOCN
Simple to Complex: Strategies for Preventing and Managing Tube-Related Complications
Diane Bryant, MS, RN, CWOCN, Ilene Fleischer, MS, RN, CWOCN
Skin Care and the Long Term Care Nurse: From Novice to Expert
Staci D. Lefkowitz, MSN, RN, BC, CWOCN
Skin care jeopardy: An innovative way of providing education for care partners on pressure ulcer prevention
Suzanne Stewart, MS, RN, CWOCN
Success in Simplifying Geriatric Assessment for the WOC Professional
Cindy Nissen, RN, MSN, CWOCN
Success Pouching for a Challenging Urinary Diversion
Mary Jo Sebern, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Use of Vacuum Assisted Therapy for Management of Enterocutaneous Fistulae in Open Abdominal Wound as Component of Total Patient Care Plan
Christa M. Heinsler, RN/NP-CWOCN, Maureen E. Krenzer, APRN, BC, Mary Salathiel, RN, MS, -, WOCN
Using OASIS Data to Quantify the Impact of WOC Nursing on Patient Outcomes in Home Healthcare: A Multi-Center Study
Ben Peirce, BA, RN, CWOCN, Melisa Tiffany, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Harriet Kinsey, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Martha Link, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Utilization of a Buzz Slogan as a Method of Behavior Modification for Urinary Urge Suppression Among Hospital Employees
Nancy Chatham, R.N., B.S., C.W.O.C.N.
Your Patient is Discharged; Now What
Nola M. Huss, RNCS, CWCN, ET

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