WOCNCB Certification Inspiration
WOCNCB Certification Inspiration
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)
Welcome to WOCNCB Certification Inspiration, a podcast featuring conversations with nurses certified in wound, ostomy, continence, and foot care, health care advocates, patients and more! Listen and learn more about nursing certification and be inspired!
A Conversation with members of Northside Hospital, GA, the 2023 Employer Recognition Award Winner!
At Northside Hospital the WOCNCB Certified Nurse team serves as leaders, educators, consultants and administrators. In this episode we are joined members of the Northside Hospital, Georgia team:Patricia Tyson - Nurse Director for WOC Nursing and GI ServicesWOCNCB Certified:Angela Dye - WOC Nurse Manager Jessica Wood - WOC Nurse SupervisorElizabeth Blankeship-WOC Nurse and PreceptorLytton Reese - WOC Nurse and Preceptor The WOCNCB Award committee who reviewed all the nomination...
Oct 11, 2023
30 min
New Streamlined PGP Requirements – What you Need to Know!
Listen to Linda McKenna, MSN, RN, CWOCN and Lynette Gunn, APRN,GCNS-BC,CWCN,CFCN discuss the new 2024 Professional Growth Portfolio (PGP) requirements. The streamlined requirements will make more nurses eligible to recertify without taking an exams!
Jul 3, 2023
21 min
WOCNCB 45th Anniversary: A Conversation with some of our Longest Continuously Certified Nurses
To celebrate our 45th anniversary. WOCNCB President Jessica Simmons speaks with WOCNCB Certified Janice Colwell, Mary Gloeckner, Bonnie Rolstad and Ruth Bryant to highlight the specialty, inspiration to become certified and the changes in the specialty, their practice and role over the years.
Mar 14, 2023
44 min
A Conversation with members of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, the 2022 Employer Recognition Award Winner!
At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles the WOCNCB Certified Nurses team serves as leaders, educators, consultants and administrators. In this episode we are joined members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center team: Anita Girard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President of NursingPatricia “Peachy” Hain, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, Executive Director of NursingAnnie Azor-Ocampo, MSN RN CWOCN DAPWCA, A Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, Department of Wound and Ostomy C...
Feb 23, 2023
36 min
The Value and Role of a CWOCN from a Colon & Rectal surgeon point of view
Kristen Benavides BSN, RN, CWOCN interviewing S. Joga Ivatury, MD, MHA, Chief of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Dell Medical School and currently practices at Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Texas in Austin. They will discuss the important role a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence nurse has in both the inpatient and outpatient setting providing essential support and education to patients.
Apr 29, 2022
7 min
The Value and Need for a Certified Foot Care Nurse (CFCN)
In this episode you will hear Kate Clayton-Jones, a CFCN and founder of FootCare by Nurses. Kate has built her business from the ground up as a skilled nursing agency that fills the gap in foot care between the medical podiatric approach to feet and the cosmetics of pedicures focusing on improving overall foot function and a patient’s quality of life.
Oct 15, 2021
8 min
The Experiential Pathway: Use your experience to become Certified
Are you a bachelor’s prepared RN or AP nurse working in Wound, Ostomy, Continence or Foot Care? Use your experience to become Certified!Hear from a nurse working in wound care who used the Experiential Pathway to become eligible to sit for the CWCN® exam!
Aug 24, 2021
3 min
JWOCN® Getting Ready for Certification articles are excellent tools to help prepare for WOCNCB® exams
The Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN®) offers free access to “Getting Ready for Certification” articles for wound, ostomy, continence, and foot care. Jessica Simmons MSN, APN, FNP-C, CWON, DNC is the WOCNCB Board Liaison to the JWOCN and shares how these articles can be used as an exam prep tool along with some basic studying tips. These articles are an excellent resource to help prepare for WOCNCB exams and are free open access articles available on the JWOCN® online ...
Mar 17, 2021
6 min
Telehealth for Ostomy and Wound Care Patients
Gina Day Day BSN, RN, CWON® and Lydia Beal BSN, RN, CWOCN® are filling a gap providing expert clinical care virtually. Learn how they established an online clinic to provide access to care and develop step by step care plans for each patient, helping patients live life with confidence.
Feb 10, 2021
20 min
A Day in a Life of a CWOCN® in an Oncology Ostomy Outpatient Clinic
Star was a nurse for critical care and trauma in Acute Care before becoming a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse in 2008. She remained in Acute Care until 2018, when she was given the opportunity to start an Outpatient Clinic at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center specifically focusing on Ostomy patients.
Dec 17, 2020
12 min
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