webWOC Nursing Education Program
3033 Excelsior Boulevard, Suite 460
Minneapolis MNUSA
55416
Biographical Sketch: JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, RN, MS, ARNP, CWOCN, is Wound Ostomy Continence (WOC) Nurse and Family Nurse Practitioner at Mercy Medical Center, North Iowa, Iowa, where she conducts the Mercy Medical Center Chelsea Creek Wound Clinic and Women’s Health Center Continence Clinic. She is Associate Director for the Metropolitan State University webWOC nursing program and an online instructor for incontinence as well as owner of Bladder Control Solutions, LLC that addresses continence issues in LTC.
With a bachelor of science degree in nursing from the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Ms. Ermer-Seltun went on to earn board certification as an enterostomal therapy nurse at Tucson Medical Center in Arizona. She completed her Master of Science degree and became a board certified family nurse practitioner at Winona State University and Mayo School of Health Related Sciences, in Winona and Rochester, Minnesota, respectively.
Ms. Ermer-Seltun’s current focus is to improve the health and well being of clients who suffer from chronic wounds and urinary incontinence, with an emphasis on holistic incontinence care that is evidence-based in long-term care. She has developed educational programs, posters, and articles on wound, ostomy, and urinary & fecal incontinence that are presented locally as well as nationally.