UNMC College of Nursing Continuing Nursing Education (CON CNE) is excited to partner with the Nebraska affiliate of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing (WOCN) Society for the first Nebraska Affiliate of the WOCN Society Conference, “Pursuit to Excellence: Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Management.”
Contact hours provided
There will be 6.0 nursing contact hours provided. Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses (CWOCNs) require ongoing specialized knowledge and skills to not only maintain their specialty certification, but to continue to lead the way in providing quality evidence based care with the intention to overcome these challenges that patients encounter. Course ID: 19CE001
The event will be held on April 5 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha. The registration fee is $85.
As the aging population continues to rise, so will comorbidities resulting in wound, ostomy, continence and foot care issues. Health care professionals need to understand the various approaches to these specialty areas to further improve the health of patients with already debilitating diseases or illnesses.
The event will provide nurses across the state and beyond who specialize in the care of wounds, ostomies, and continence related issues with targeted training from experts in the field, many of which are UNMC and Nebraska Medicine researchers and clinicians:
- Christine Berke;
- Joyce Black, Ph.D.;
- Kathryn Cheatle, J.D.;
- Janet Cuddigan, Ph.D.;
- Marlene DeLaet; and
- Kelly Noren.
There has been a considerable amount of financial burden related to health care services involving management of complex chronic wounds. Duration of wound care treatments can drive cost due to complications, infections, ischemia, neuropathy, and immune compromise. In addition, pressure injury prevention is critical for payment, but can also result in loss of reimbursement, penalties or fines, and sometimes even costly lawsuits with loss of facility reputation (Mudge, 2014).
To address this, registered nurses can receive intense specialized training to treat and prevent such conditions. The education is necessary to provide more effective, consistently executed, and sustained wound, ostomy, and continence management for the success of all health care settings as well as improve patient outcomes.
This conference also will touch on the legal aspects when caring for patients with various wounds related to the heightened awareness concerning the detrimental effects of pressure injuries throughout the world (Mudge, 2014).
Target Audience:
Nurses and other health care professionals involved in wound, ostomy, continence, and foot care.
Learning Outcomes:
- Discuss the new pressure injury prevention strategies underway and the legalities surrounding nurses and other health care professionals.
- Identify appropriate management approaches for diabetic lower extremity ulcers.
- Describe the challenges that ostomy patients encounter during the important aspects of care transition and how to overcome these barriers across the lifespan.
- Discuss how to incorporate incontinence management strategies into practice across the continuum of care.
For more information and to register, click here.