43rd Annual Conference (June 4-8, 2011): Research Poster

Amparo Cano, MSN, CWOCN, Broward General Medical Center, Clinical Specialist, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Patricia Corvino, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Broward General Medical Center, Clinical Specialist, Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Daniel Smits, RN, BSN, Broward General Medical Center, Staff Nurse, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Ann Durnal, RN, BSN, WOCN, Clinical Investigator, Tucson, AZ

Barbara Bates-Jensen, RN, PhD, CWOCN, University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor UCLA School of Nursing & School of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics, Los Angeles, CA, Thomas Serena, MD, FACS, New Bridge Medical Research/Penn North Centers for Advanced Wound Care, Medical Director, Warren, PA, Marissa Carter, Ph.D., MA, Strategic Solutions, Inc., President, Cody, WY, Renee Cordrey, PT, PhD(c), MSPT, MPH, CWS, The George Washington University, Visiting Professor, Arlington, VA, Vickie R. Driver, DPM, MS, Boston University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Surgery, Boston, MA, Caroline Fife, MD, CWS, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Associate Professor, Houston, TX, Paul B. Haser, M.D., University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Associate Professor of Surgery, New Brunswick, NJ, Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN, CWCN, BCLNC, FAAN, **, Wound & Skin Care Consultant, York, PA, Marcia Nusgart, R.Ph., Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders, Executive Director, Bethesda, MD, Robert J. Snyder, DPM, Wound Healing Center, University Hospital and Medical Center, Podiatrist, Tamarac, FL and Adrianne PS Smith, M.D., Day & Zimmerman, Inc, Chief Medical Consultant, San Antonio, TX

Barbara Pieper, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, FAAN, Wayne State University, Professor/Nurse Practitioner, Detroit, MI, Thomas N. Templin, PhD, Wayne State University, Professor, Detroit, MI and Allon Goldberg, PhD, Health Care Sciences, Wayne State University, Assistant Professor, Detroit, MI

Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN, CWS, CLNC, Cytomedix, Inc, Vice President of Professional Services, Walker, MN and Laurie M. Rappl, PT, CWS, Cytomedix, Inc, Clinical Development Liaison, Gaithersburg, MD

Cynthia J. Sylvia, MSc, MA, RN, CWOCN, Stryker Medical, Program Manager, Educational Development, Charles Town, WV, Laura C. Grisanti, RN, CNOR, Stryker Medical, Clinical Research Nurse, Orchard Park, NY, Thomas P. Stewart, PhD, Stryker Medical and SUNY at Buffalo, Vice President, Clinical Affairs, Orchard Park, NY and Heather A. Lindstrom, Ph.D., Erie County Department of Health, Director, Division of Disease Control and Medical Examiner, Buffalo, NY

David Brett, BS, BS, MS, Smith & Nephew, Science & Technology Manager, Largo, FL

David Brett, BS, BS, MS, Smith & Nephew, Science & Technology Manager, Largo, FL

David Brett, BS, BS, MS, Smith & Nephew, Science & Technology Manager, Largo, FL

David Brett, BS, BS, MS, Smith & Nephew, Science & Technology Manager, Largo, FL

David Holm, 3M Health Care, Product Development Specialist, St Paul, MN, Cindy Zehrer, RN, MS, CCRA, 3M Health Care, Clinical Research, St. Paul, MN and Shelley-Ann Walters, 3M Health Care, Senior Biostatistician, St Paul, MN

Debbie L. Hanna-Bull, RN, BScN, MN, Peterborough Regional Health Centre, Advanced Practice Nurse-Skin & Wound Care Program, Peterborough, ON, Canada

Débora Poletto, Mariana Itamaro GonÇalves and Marina Trevisan de Toledo Barros, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Nurse, Florianópolis, Brazil

Diane Merkle, APRN, CWOCN, Bridgeport Hospital, Advanced Practice Nurse, Bridgeport, CT

Gary L. Grove, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Vice President of R&D, Broomall, PA, Charles R. Zerweck, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Director of Clinical Studies, Broomall, PA, Timothy Houser, B.S., cyberDERM, inc., Research Specialist, Broomall, PA, Graham E. Smith, B.S., 3M, Biostatistician, St. Paul, MN and Nancy I. Koski, B.S., 3M, Clinical Research Specialist, St. Paul, MN

Timothy Houser, B.S., cyberDERM, inc., Research Specialist, Broomall, PA, Gary L. Grove, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Vice President of R&D, Broomall, PA, Charles R. Zerweck, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Director of Clinical Studies, Broomall, PA and Nancy Atwood, BA, 3M Health Care, Clinical Research Specialist, St. Paul, MN

Gary L. Grove, Ph.D.¹, Aram Grigoryan, BS, Student², Timothy Houser, B.S.³, Jonn Damia³ and Nancy Atwood, BA⁴, (1)cyberDERM, inc., Vice President of R&D, Broomall, PA, (2)GLG Innovations, Student Intern, Media, PA, (3)cyberDERM, inc., Research Specialist, Broomall, PA, (4)3M Health Care, Clinical Research Specialist, St. Paul, MN

Charles R. Zerweck, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Director of Clinical Studies, Broomall, PA, Timothy Houser, B.S., cyberDERM, inc., Research Specialist, Broomall, PA, Gary L. Grove, Ph.D., cyberDERM, inc., Vice President of R&D, Broomall, PA and Nancy Atwood, BA, 3M Health Care, Clinical Research Specialist, St. Paul, MN

Glenda Motta, BSN, MPH, ET, GM Associates Inc., President, Loveland, CO and Elizabeth Warner, PT, Bristol Hospital, Director of Rehab Services, Bristol, CT

Gustavo Gomboski, MSN, WOCN, UNISINOS University, Faculty Member, Porto Alegre, Brazil and Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil), Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil

Heather A. Raygoza, RN, BSN, Huntington Memorial Hospital, Wound Ostomy Nurse, Pasadena, CA

Hyo Jeong Song, RN, PhD, CWOCN, Department of Nursing, Jeju National University, Associate professor, Jeju-si, South Korea, Hwan young Yoo, PhD, School of Medicine, Indiana university, Associate professor of Clinical Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, Nancy Bergstrom, PhD, RN, FAAN, UTHSC-Houston School of Nursing Center on Aging, Trumble Professor of Aging Research, Houston, TX and Seong Sil Moon, RN, Jeju National University Hospital, Staff Nurse, Jeju-si, South Korea

Jane Wellman, MS, ANP-BC, ARNP, CWOCN, CFCN, Pacific Island VAHCS & University of Hawaii, Nursing Instructor & Nurse Practitioner, Honolulu, HI

Jeremy Honaker, BSN, RN, CWOCN¹, Michael Forston, MPT², Emily Davis, RN, MSN, CWOCN¹, Michelle Wiesner, PT³ and Jennifer Morgan, MPT², (1)Central Baptist Hospital, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Coordinator, Lexington, KY, (2)Central Baptist Hospital, Physical Therapist, Lexington, KY, (3)Central Baptist Hospital, Associate Director of Rehab Services, Lexington, KY

Jill Cox, PhD, RN, APN, CWOCN, Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, Advanced Practice Nurse- Wound, Ostomy Continence Nurse, Englewood, NJ

Karen E. Bry, RN, BA, CPHQ, Mount Sinai Hospital, Director of Nursing Education and Professional Practice, Chicago, IL and Diannalyn Buescher, RN, AD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Wound Nurse, Chicago, IL

Kelly Garbelotti, RN, MSN, FNP, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, Vascular ANP,, Pittsburgh, PA

Laura Bolton, Ph.D., Metuchen, NJ

Lia van Rijswijk, RN, MSN, CWCN, La Salle University School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Faculty, Phildelphia, PA and Janice Beitz, PhD, RN, CS, CNOR, CWOCN, CRNP, LaSalle University SONHS, Professor of Nursing, Cherry Hill, NJ

Loren C. Hayes, MSN, ARNP, GNP-BC, GCNS-BC, CWCN-AP, CWS, Wound Technology Network, Vice President, Clinical Operations, Hollywood, FL, Joyce Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, Case Western Reserve University, Elizabeth Brooks Ford Professor of Nursing, Cleveland, OH, Elizabeth Ayello, Ph.D., RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN, Excelsior College School of Nursing, Faculty, Hollis HIlls, NY and Mary Quinn Griffin, Ph.D., RN, Case Western Reserve University, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Cleveland, OH

Margareth Linhares Martins III, MSc, RN, Enterostomal, /, ET, Federal University of Santa Catarina, TRAINING OF PROFESSIONALS SUPPORTED IN PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN BRAZIL, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Denise Maria Guerreiro Vieira da Silva III, RN, PhD, of, Nursing., Nurse, Lecturer, Federal University of Santa Catarina, SOCIAL NETWORK OF INFORMAL CARERS FOR PEOPLE WITH STOMA INTESTINAL, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Lúcia Nazareth Amante III, RN, PhD, of, Nursing., Nurse, Lecturer, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Bonds of friendship between OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND PEOPLE WITH INTESTINAL STOMA IN THE PROCESS OF CARE IN HEALTH, São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Rode Dilda Machado da Silva III, Philosopher, MSc, a, doctoral, student, in, nursing, of, UFSC, Federal University of Santa Catarina, SEXUALITY OSTOMY LIVED IN THE BODY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN, Florianópolis Santa Catarina, Brazil and Mariana Itamaro Gonçalves III, nurse, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Bonds of friendship between OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND PEOPLE WITH INTESTINAL STOMA IN THE PROCESS OF CARE IN HEALTH, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Mary Webb, RN, BSN, MA, CIC, County of San Mateo, San Mateo Medical Center, Infection Preventionist Wound Care, San Mateo, CA

Melissa Ayer, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CRRN, Spaulding Hospital for Continuing Medical Care - North Shore, CWOCN, Salem, MA, Kathleen Borchert, MS, RN, CWOCN, ACNS-BC, Bethesda Hospital, HealthEast Care System, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Paul, MN and Mary Arnold-Long, MSN, RN, CRRN, CWOCN-AP, ACNS-BC, Drake Center, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Mason, OH

Nancy Atwood, BA, 3M Health Care, Clinical Research Specialist, St. Paul, MN, Graham Smith, BS, 3M Health Care, Clinical Research Statistician, St. Paul, MN and Colum Dwyer, PhD, 3M Skin and Wound Care Division, Product and Process Development Scientist, Loughborough, United Kingdom

Peter Kurz, WPM Wund Pflege Management, Managing director, graduate nurse for wound management, Vienna, Austria and Stefan Krasnik, WPM Wund Pflege Management, Scientific advisor, Vienna, Austria

Richard A. Isenberg, MD, FAPWCA, Regenesis Biomedical, Inc, Vice President, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs and Medical Director, Scottsdale, AZ

Rode Dilda Machado da Silva III, Philosopher, MSc, a, doctoral, student, in, nursing, of, UFSC¹, Denise Maria Guerreiro Vieira da Silva III, RN, PhD, of, Nursing., Nurse, Lecturer², Débora Poletto III, RN, Master, by, the, Graduate, Program, in, Nursing, at, UFSC², Anita Fangier III, Graduated, in, Business, Administration, and, Philosophy³ and Tatiana Martins III, studend, of, nursing², (1)Federal University of Santa Catarina, SEXUALITY OSTOMY LIVED IN THE BODY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN, Florianópolis Santa Catarina, Brazil, (2)Federal University of Santa Catarina, SOCIAL NETWORK OF INFORMAL CARERS FOR PEOPLE WITH STOMA INTESTINAL, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, (3)Federal University of Santa Catarina, SEXUALITY OSTOMY LIVED IN THE BODY: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF HUMAN, Florianópolis. Santa Catarina, Brazil

Rosemary Bolinger, MSN, RN, University of Pittsburgh, Research Nurse, Pittsburgh, PA and Sandra Engberg, PhD, RN, CRNP, FAAN, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Pittsburgh, PA

S. Lindsay, Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Ltd, Senior Scientist, Gargrave, United Kingdom, R. Clark, Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Ltd, R&D Project Leader, Gargrave, United Kingdom and B. Cullen, Systagenix Wound Management Manufacturing Ltd, Scientific Programme Manager, Gargrave, United Kingdom

Sally Arnold, MSN, RN, CWOCN, ET, The Christ Hospital, Clinical Staff Educator, Cincinnati, OH and Terri Ross, MSN, RN, ACNS, BC, CWOCN, ET, The Christ Hospital, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Cincinnati, OH

Satoru Numata, BA, Medical Engineering Lab., ALCARE Co., Ltd., Senior reasearch fellow, Tokyo, Japan, Tetsuji Iwasaki, MS, Medical Engineering Lab., ALCARE Co., Ltd., Managing Executive Officer, Tokyo, Japan, Naomi Sekiya, Saitama Medical University Plastic Sugery, Medical technologist blood vessel, Moroyama-Machi Iruma-gun Saitama, Japan, Sunao Tsuchiya, MD, Saitama Medical University Plastic Sugery, Assistant professor, Moroyama-Machi Iruma-gun Saitama, Japan and Shigeru Ichioka, MD, Saitama Medical University Plastic Sugery, Professor, Moroyama-Machi Iruma-gun Saitama, Japan

Sherry Lynn Werth, MSN, RN, CWOCN, Sparrow Hospital, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Lansing, MI

Susan Fletcher, NP, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Preservation-Amputation Care and Treatment Program, Jackson, MS and Anna McElroy, LPN, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center, Wound Nurse, Jackson, MS

Diana Anderson, BSN, RN, CWOCN¹, Linda Denke, PhD, RN², BiJue Chang, MSN, RN, OCN³, Brenda Blakely, BSN, RN, CMSRN⁴, Susan Houston, PhD, RN⁵, Amardeep Gill, BSN, RN⁴, Allen Stanton⁶ and Sue Wertheim, BSN, RN, OCN⁷, (1)Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, Plano, TX, (2)Baylor Regional Medical Center @ Plano, Nurse Researcher, Plano, TX, (3)Baylor Regional Medical Center @ Plano, Nurse Supervisor, Plano, TX, (4)Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano, Nurse Supervisor, Plano, TX, (5)Baylor Health Care System Office of the CNO, Director of Nursing Research, Plano, TX, (6)Baylor Regional Medical Center @ Plano, Director of Laboratory Services, Plano, TX, (7)Baylor Regional Medical Center @ Plano, Nurse Manager, Plano, TX

Susan S. Morello, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CBN, Sizewise, Clinical Coordinator, Kansas City, MO

Susan Steele, Ph.D., RN, CWOCN, Georgia College & State University, Assistant Professor, Milledgeville, GA

Tania L. Lima, Enterestomal, Therapist, Nurse, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho- Federal University of Rio DE Janeiro (UFRJ), Ms, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil, Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil), Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil, Domingos P.L. Lacombe, PhD, Coloproctology, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho-UFRJ, Teachers, Rio de Janeiro, JoÃo A. P. Neto, PhD, Coloproctology, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho-UFRJ, Teachers and Jose E. F. Manso, PhD, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho-UFRJ, Teachers of Surgery, Brazil

Teresa Kelechi, PhD, GCNS-BC, CWCN, Medical Univ of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Associate Professor, Charleston, SC, Martina Mueller, PhD, Medical Univ of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Assistant Professor, Charleston, SC, Cheryl Hankin, PhD, BioMedEcon, LLC, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Moss Beach, CA, Amy Bronstone, PhD, BioMedEcon, LLC, Director of Medical Writing, Moss Beach, CA, John Samies, MD, Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg, Medical Director of Wound Care Center, Orangeburg, SC and Phyllis A. Bonham, PhD, MSN, RN, CWOCN, DPNAP, FAAN, College of Nursing, Medical University of South Carolina, Associate Professor and Director, Wound Care Education Program, Charleston, SC

Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil)¹, Rita de Cássia Domansky, PhD, CWOCN, BSN², Carla Virginia Cordeiro Benvenuto, BSN, WOCN³, Cintia Hanate, BSN, WOCN³ and Danilo Soares Matos, BSN, WOCN⁴, (1)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil, (2)Universitary Hospital, University of State Paraná, ET Nurse of Nursing Departament, Londrina - Paraná, Brazil, (3)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, WOC nurse, São Paulo, Brazil, (4)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, WOCN, São Paulo, Brazil

Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil)¹, Camila Nascentes, WOCN, BSN², Maria Elizete Silva, BSN, WOCN², Herica Dias, BSN, WOCN², Marilice Oliveira, BSN, WOCN², Miako Kimura, PhD, BSN¹ and Kingsley L. Simmons, PhD, MSc, BSc.³, (1)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil, (2)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, WOCN, São Paulo, Brazil, (3)University of Hertfordshire, Principal lecturer, Hatfield, United Kingdom

Kelly C. Strazzieri Pulido, MSN, WOCN, São Paulo State Oncology Hospital, Head of WOC Center, São Paulo, Brazil and Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil), Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil

José LCA Souza, BSN, WOCN¹, Talita L. Pedro, BSN, WOCN¹, Silvia R. Secoli, PhD, BSN², Vera Lúcia C. G. Santos, PhD, MSN, BSN, CWOCN, (TiSOBEST, -, Brazil)², Cleber R. Oliveira, BSN³ and Daiene C. Recco, BSN³, (1)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, WOCN, São Paulo, Brazil, (2)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Associate Professor, São Paulo, Brazil, (3)Nursing School of the University of São Paulo, Nurse, São Paulo, Brazil

Vicki Wagner, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CCM, CDE¹, Janice Johnson, MSN, RN, CWOCN², Joan Jacoby, RN, BSN, CWOCN¹ and Lisa Mossi, RN, BSN, CWOCN¹, (1)ConvaTec, CWOCN, Skillman, NJ, (2)Convatec, RN, CWOCN, Mebane, NC