43rd Annual Conference (June 4-8, 2011): Case Study

Ana M. Miller, RN, BSN, CWON, Lakewood Health System, Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse, Staples, MN

Ann Marie Bell, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Alicia Campbell, RN, York County Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine, Wound care nurse, Wells, ME

Anne Blevins, BSN, RN, WCC, CWOCN, Drake Center, Clinical Coordinator, Cincinnati, OH

Annette Gwilliam, RN, BSN, CWS, ACHRN, Intermountain Healthcare- Utah Valley Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Lead Hyperbaric Registered Nurse, Provo, UT and Marc Robins, DO, MPH, Intermountain Healthcare- Utah Valley Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Hyperbaric Medicine Staff Physician, Provo, UT

Annielyn Azor-Ocampo, BSN, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Wound & Ostomy Specialty Nurse/ Wound Program Leader, Lincoln, NE

Arthur Stone, Doctor, of, Podiatry/, Wound, Consultant, MedNexus, Inc., President, Greenville, SC

Bethany Stenson, BS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN and Barbara McGarrah, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN, Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth, WOCN, Fort Worth, TX

Barbara Smith, RN, BS, CWCN, COCN, CWS, Prince George's Hospital Center, Wound Coordinator, Cheverly, MD

C. Tod Brindle, BSN, RN, ET, CWOCN, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center Wound Care Team, CWOCN, Richmond, VA

Catherine R. Ratliff, PhD, APRN-BC, CWOCN, University of Virginia Health System, Associate Professor/Nurse Practitioner, Charlottesville, VA and Marilu Dixon, RN, MSN, CWOCN, PNP, University of Virginia Health System, Advanced Practice Nurse, Charlottesville, VA

Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC, CWOCN¹, Darlene Saucier, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC, CWCN¹ and Glenda Motta, BSN, MPH, ET², (1)Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Advanced Practice Nurse, Bristol, CT, (2)GM Associates Inc., President, Loveland, CO

Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP/CNS, CWOCN and Darlene Saucier, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC, CWCN, Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Advanced Practice Nurse, Bristol, CT

Charleen Deo, RN, MSN/ED, CWOCN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, WOCN Coordinator, Palo Alto, CA

Charleen Deo, RN, MSN/ED, CWOCN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, WOCN Coordinator, Palo Alto, CA and Nancy Vierhaus, RNC, MSN, CNS, WOCN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, NICU CNS, Palo Alto, CA

Cheryl Gustavis Robinson, MSN, FNP-BC, , G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Nurse Case Manager, Jackson, MS

Chizu Sakai-Imoto, RN, BSN, ET, CWOCN, Cleveland Clinic, ET/WOC Nursing, Cleveland, OH

Claudia A. Weiner, RN, BSN, Vnsw, Nurse Case Manager, White Plains, NY and Janice Malett, RN, MPH, Vnsw, WOCN, White Plains, NY

Connie Kelly, RN, APN/CNS, CWON, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, Advanced Practitioner for Ostomy/Wound Care, Chicago, IL, Calum Lyon, FRCP, York District Hospital, Department of Dermatology, York, United Kingdom, Samara Rao, RN, BScN, CETN(C), Alberta Health Services, CETN(C), Edmonton, AB, Canada and Thomas Nichols, M.S., MBA, Hollister Incorporated, Senior Principal Clinical Research Statistician, Libertyville, IL

Cynthia Bridgman, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Carol Hall, BSN, RN, CWOCN, U.T. Southwestern Hospital, WOCN, Dallas, TX

Cynthia Ellman, BSN, RN, CWCN, CON, Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics, In Patient Wound Care Coordinator, Tyler, TX

Cyrilla J. Haverkamp, RN, CWOCN¹, Stephanie DeLeone, RN, CWS² and Lindsay Moll, RN, CWON², (1)Poudre Valley Health System, CWOCN, Fort Collins, CO, (2)Poudre Valley Health System, RN, Fort Collins, CO

Daniel Hakim, PT, DScPT, CWS, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Program Coordinator, Baltimore, MD, Barbara Myers, BSN, RN, CWON, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Wound Care Nurse, Baltimore, MD, L. Ruth Cooke, MPT, MSEd, CWS, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Physical Therapist, Baltimore, MD, Jeffrey Horowitz, MD, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Medical Director, Baltimore, MD and Ellen Wruble Hakim, PT, DScPT, MS, CWS, FACCWS, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Baltimore, MD

Daniel Hakim, PT, DScPT, CWS, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Program Coordinator, Baltimore, MD, Barbara Myers, BSN, RN, CWON, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Wound Care Nurse, Baltimore, MD, L. Ruth Cooke, MPT, MSEd, CWS, Franklin Square Hospital, Integrated Wound Healing Center, Physical Therapist, Baltimore, MD and Ellen Wruble Hakim, PT, DScPT, MS, CWS, FACCWS, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, Baltimore, MD

Denise Robinson, RN, MPH, CNS, CHWOCN, New York Presbyterian/ Columbia Hospital, Wound Care Program Manager, New York, NY, Juliet Smith, RN, MSN/ED, CWON, New York-Presbyterian, the University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell, WOC Nurse, New York, NY and Bernadette Melido, RN, BSN, WOCN, New York-Presbyterian, the University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell, Wound Ostomy Nurse, New York, NY

Diane D. Heasley, RN, MSN, MEd, CWCN, DermaRite Industries, Vice President of Clinical Services, Rochester, PA

Diane D. Heasley, RN, MSN, MEd, CWCN, DermaRite Industries, Vice President of Clinical Services, Rochester, PA

Donna Crossland, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Kindred Hospital, Wound Care Coodinator, Melbourne, FL

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS, Osceola Regional Medical Center, Director Wound Healing Center, Kissimmee, FL and Melodie Blakely, PT, MS, CWS, The Wound Healing Center of Osceola Regional Medical Center, Clinical Coordinator, Kissimmee, FL

E. Ann Roney, RN, BSN, MS, CHCNS, CWOCN, Washington County Hospital, Program Manager, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Services, Hagerstown, MD

Edalia Cedeno, RN, BSN, Veterans Administration Puerto Rico, Wound Specialist Out patient Clinic, San Juan, PR and Myrna Ortiz, RN, BSN, Veterans Administration Puerto Rico, Wound Specialist, San Juan, PR

Ian Gordon, MD, PhD, VA Long Beach Healthcare System/Univ of California, Irvine Medical Ctr, Chief of Vascular Surgery/Clinical Professor, Dept of Surgery, Long Beach, CA and Christine Ma, MD, MPH, VA Long Beach Healthcare System/University of California, Irvine Medical Ctr, Research Associate/Assistant Project Scientist, Dept of Surgery, Long Beach, CA

Janet Nowland, MS, RN, CWOCN, St. John Medical Center, Skin Wound Ostomy Team leader, Tulsa, OK and Edwin C. Yeary II, M.D., F.A.C.S., St. John Medical Center, Vascular and Trauma Surgeon, Tulsa, OK

Janette Dietzler, RN<, BSN, CWS, FACCWS, St. Anthony's Wound Treatment Center, Clinical Supervisor, St. Louis, MO

Joy E. Schank, RN, MSN, ANP, CWOCN, Schank Companies, Private Practice, Himrod, NY

Jr-Yan, Huang, BS, PT, Chi Mei-Medical Center, PT, Tainan, Taiwan, Hsiao-Rong Chen, MSRN, ET, Chi Mei Medical Center, Taiwan, Registered Nurse, Tainan, Taiwan and MIKE Chen, BS, RRT, California Hospital Medical Center, Registered Respiratory Therapist, Los Angeles, CA

Judith Reid, BSN, MS, CWCN, CWON, Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Skin Resource Nurse, Clarkston, WA, Jolene Tucker, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Patient Education, Lewiston, ID and Jane Fore, MD, FAPWCA, FACCWS, Tri State Memorial Hospital Wound Healing Center, Attending Physician, Clarkston, WA

Karen Wood-Belford, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CDFN, VAMC, WOCN, Junction, IL

Shelly L. Haas, RN, BSN, CWOCN and Kersten E. Reider, RN, BSN, CWOCN, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, Reading, PA

Kimberly J. Miner, RN, ND, CNS, CWCN, FAPWCA, Molnlycke Health Care, Regional Clincial Specialist, Centennial, CO and L. Michelle Kaufman, BS, RN, WOCN, The Children's Hospital, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Care, Aurora, CO

Kimberly L. Eldridge, RNFA, CNOR, CFCN, WCC, Rush Wound Care, Hyperbaric and Limb Salvage Center, RNFA, Surgical Wound Specialist, Meridian, MS, James, R. Gleaves, MD, FACS, Rush Wound Care, Hyperbaric and Limb Salvage Center, Medical Director, Meridian, MS and Gregory Bohn, MD, Trinity Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Medical Director Trinity Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine, Bettendorf, IA

Kimberly R. Masters, BSN, CWCN, COCN, Veterans Administration, Wound, Ostomy Coordinator, Lexington, KY

Laura Vadman, RN, BSN, CWON¹, Nancy Gutman, RN, CWOCN², Sheila Kramer, RN, BSN, CWON³, Paula Gipp, RN, BSN, CWOCN⁴, Anne Pirzadeh, RN, BSN, CWOCN⁴, Janie Lastrapes, RN, BSN, WOCN⁵ and Jennifer Dore, RN, APN, CWON⁶, (1)Swedish Medical Center, CWON, Seattle, WA, (2)St. Rita's Medical Center, CWOCN, Botkins, OH, (3)St. John's Mercy Medical Center, CWON, Chesterfield, MO, (4)University of Colorado Hospital, CWOCN, Aurora, CO, (5)University of Colorado Hospital, WOCN, Aurora, CO, (6)NorthShore University Health System, APN, CWON, Evanston, IL

LeAnne R. McWhirt, RN, BSN, CWCA, CHT, MRMC Outpatient Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine, Clinical Coordinator, Muskogee, OK

Linda Droste, RN, MSN, COCN, CWCN, CCCN, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Wound - Ostomy - Continence Nurse for the Spinal Cord Injury and Polytrauma Units, Richmond, VA, Scott Sell, PhD, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Polytrauma Research Fellow, Richmond, VA, Jeffery Ericksen, MD, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Physician, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Richmond, VA and Joanne Jackson, RN, Hunter Holmes McGuire VA Medical Center, Staff Nurse, Spinal Cord Injury and Disorder Unit, Richmond, VA

Marie Brown-Etris, RN, CWON¹, Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC, CWOCN², Darlene Saucier, APRN, MSN, FNP-BC, CWCN², Lisa Van Watermulen, FNP, CWOCN³, William Lindroos, BS, CCRA⁴ and Shelley-Ann Walters⁵, (1)Etris Associates, Inc., President, Owner, Churchville, PA, (2)Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, LLC, Advanced Practice Nurse, Bristol, CT, (3)Mankato Clinic, Family Nurse Practitioner, Mankato, MN, (4)3M, Clinical Research Specialist, St Paul, MN, (5)3M Health Care, Biostatistical Specialist, St Paul, MN

Mary Ann Brooks, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Mary Ann Brooks, ET Nurse Consultant, Great Falls, VA

Charlene Wagster, LPN, WCC, Drake Center, Staff Nurse Advanced Wound Care Team, Cincinnati, OH and Mary Arnold-Long, MSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN-AP, ACNS-BC, Drake Center, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cincinnati, OH

Mary H. Zeigler, MS, CRRN, CWOCN, APN, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Chicago, IL and Diane Dudas Sheehan, ND, CNP, APN, CRRN, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Nurse Practitioner, Chicago, IL

Maureen W. McCarthy, RN, BSN, CWON, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wound Ostomy Nurse, Boston, MA and Kerri Giannino, RN, BSN, WOCN, Massachusetts General Hospital, Wound/Ostomy Nurse, Boston, MA

Melanie Hardy, BSN, RN, CWOCN and Melanie Hardy, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Denton Regional MEDICAL CENTER, WOUND, OSTOMY & CONTINENCE COORDINATOR, Denton, TX

MIchele Kessie, RN, BSN, COCN., WOCN, University Hospitals Homecare, Home Care WOCN., Seven Hills, OH

Nicole Best, MSPT¹, Sara Hallam, RN, CWOCN² and Janelle Holtz, RN, CWOCN², (1)The Cleveland Clinic, Physical Therapist, Cleveland, OH, (2)The Cleveland Clinic, Wound Care Nurse, Cleveland, OH

Patricia Bingham, RN, BSN, CWOCN, Oak Tree HOSPITAL, CWOCN, Corbin, KY

Paula Kotz, BSN, RN, C, CWOCN, CLNC, CFCN, E T Consultant Services, Inc., President, CWOCN, Asheville, NC

Rebecca Wills, Restored Images, Clinical Investigator, Kansas City, MO and Kathy Johnson, RN, BSN, CWOCN, ET Nursing Services, WOC Nurse, Jacksonville, FL

Rhoda Kahn, MSN, CFNP, WCC, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, Nurse Practitioner, Pontiac, MI

Rhoda Kahn, MSN, CFNP, WCC, Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital, Nurse Practitioner, Pontiac, MI

Rosangela A. Oliveira, BSN, Specialist, Dermatology, Stomatherapy, Samaritano Hospital of Sao Paulo City, Brazil, Coordinator of Specialized Care Service in Skin Lesions Samaritan Hospital of Sao Paulo., Sao Paulo, Brazil

Susan Beltran, RN, MSN/MBA, HC, CWOCN¹, Sherif Osman, MD, CWS, FAPWCA² and Judy Stasuk, RN, BSN, CWOCN¹, (1)Center for Wound Care at Harford Memorial Hospital, Inpatient/Outpatient Wound Care Specialist, Havre de Grace, MD, (2)Center for Wound Care at Harford Memorial Hospital, Medical Director Center for Wound Care at Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD

Charleen Deo, RN, MSN/ED, CWOCN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, WOCN Coordinator, Palo Alto, CA and Winnie Yung, MN, RN, CCRN, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, CNS, Palo Alto, CA

Yvette Mier, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Wellstar Kennestone Hospital - Outpatient Wound Treatment Center, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Registered Nurse, Marietta, GA