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WOCTalk — 215 episodes
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S5E2: Rethinking Care for Enterocutaneous Fistula and Intestine Failure in Fragmented Systems
(Bonus) Wound Talk Wednesday S1E5: Evaluating the Biomechanical Properties of Dressings Used in Pressure Injury Prevention
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S5E1: Don't Just "Go with the Flow": High Output Ostomies
(Bonus) Wound Talk Wednesday S1E4: Beyond the Wound Bed: Expanding the Role of Vashe® Gel in Complex Wound Care
(Bonus) Wound Talk Wednesday S1E3: Advancing Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with V.A.C.® Peel and Place Dressing
Reducing Pressure Injuries in the PICU
The Power of Ostomy Support Groups with UOAA’s WOC Nurse of the Year
(Bonus) Wound Talk Wednesday S1E2: Improving Outcomes in Complex Wounds with Vashe® Wound Gel
Make the Most of WOCNext® 2026: What Attendees Need to Know
Minimalist Approach to Reducing Pressure Injuries in Oncology Patients
(BONUS) EP 30: Mentorship Matters: Growing Your Career in WOC Nursing
Back to Your Nursing Roots: Cultivate the Next Ostomy Specialists
(Bonus) Wound Talk Wednesday S1E1: Expanding the Role of Hypochlorous Acid in Wound Care
Four Eyes Method: A Data-Driven Approach to Pressure Injury Prevention
Zeroing in on Quality: How the Hospital Harm-Pressure Injury eCQM Changes Reporting
Beyond the Bandage: The Role of Physical Therapy in Wound Care
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S4E6: What Happens Next?: The Ostomy Nurse’s Responsibility in Discussing Supplies Post-Discharge
From Reluctance to Recognition: An Unconventional WOC Nursing Journey
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S4E5: Anticipatory Guidance in Ostomy Care
The Impact of Meaningful Recognition: A Discussion with The DAISY Foundation Co-Founder Bonnie Barnes
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S4E4: Watch Them Go and Grow: Activity for Children with Ostomies
From Patient and Provider to Advocacy Partners
Optimizing WOC Nursing: Team Strategies & Innovative Practices
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S4E3: What About the Itch?
Evidence in Practice: Updates on LEAD Wound Care
Tips for Abstract Success at WOCNext®
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S4E2: The Psychological Impact of Pouch System Leakage
An Update on Clean vs. Sterile Technique for the Management of Chronic Wounds
Inaugural WOCN® DAISY Award Winner: Changing the WOC Nursing Game
Clinics, Campfires, & Cool Vibes—Meet the WOCN® President
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations S4E1: Convexity: New Evidence Means A Change is in YOUR Hands
Policy Changes That Could Impact Your WOC Practice
Expanding Global Impact: The International Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Program
Starting an Independent Ostomy Clinic—A WOC Nurse-Led Business Model
What to Expect at WOCNext® 2025
Sparking Interest in Ostomy Care with a Hands-On Lab for ADN Students
(Bonus) EP 29: Shining Bright: Celebrating the WOC Nurse Specialty
Finding Joy in your WOC Work and the Science Behind Everyday Happiness
(Bonus) EP 28: Supplies Made Simple: Demystifying DME for Ostomy Patients
Catching the Wound Care Bug: How WTA Program Sparked Hospital-Wide Interest
Social Learning: Innovative WOC Nursing Education
Innovations, Myths, and Realities in Hospice and Palliative Wound Care
Scholarship Insights for WOC Nurses and Beyond
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations S3E6: Ostomy Accessories or Necessities?
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations S3E5: Cultural Differences in Ostomy Care
Assessing Skin Disorders in Skin of Color
(BONUS) EP 27: Changing the Traditional Pathway to Prevent Leakage and Set Patients Up for Success
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations S3E4: Managing Pediatric Ostomy Patients: Practice Pearls
Elevate Your Practice with the Ostomy Care Management Program
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations S3E3: High output stoma (ostomy) syndrome: Results of a global consensus conference
WOCNext First-Time Attendee Takeaways
Going With the Flow: Enhancing External Female Catheter Care
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations S3E2: Supplies after hospitalization: Reimbursement, allowable, prescriptions and out-of-pocket expenses
Advanced Practice Provider-Led Outpatient Ostomy Clinic
From Patients to Nurses: Inspiring Ostomy Journeys
(BONUS) Ostomy Observations Series S3E1: What to do with supplies you don’t use: Donate, destroy, or dust collectors?
Enhancing Collaboration: Inside the WOCN® Society’s New Chapter Structure
Being a WOC Nurse Preceptor
WOC Nurse-Led Ostomy Support Groups
What to Expect at WOCNext® 2024
WOC Nursing Online Education
WOCNext® 2024 Keynote: Get Clarity to Identify Your Strengths and Impact
The Legal Side of WOC Care: Nursing Documentation Insights
Exploring Cleveland: A Guide for WOCNext® 2024 Attendees
Navigating the Role of a WOC Nurse in Uncharted Territory
Head to Toe Assessment of Community Health Nursing Foot Care Education
Palliative Prowess: The Role of Specialist-Level WOC Nurses
WOCN Fellows of Excellence: Shaping the Future of WOC Nursing
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E6: High Output: Using the WOC Nursing Skill Set to Impact Challenging Situations
(Bonus) EP 26: Mental Health and Well Being with Ostomy Surgery
Beautiful Tiny Stomas: Neonatal Ostomy Models
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E5: Ileostomy Blockage: Prevention, Common Culprits, and Techniques for Resolution
(Bonus) EP 25: Soft Convexity in the Operating Room
WOC Certification Review: Prepping Nurses for Success
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E4: Ostomy Support Your Way: More Options Now Than Ever Before
Deep Dive into Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Empowering Excellence: An Interview with the 2023 Barbara Braden Future Is Bright Award Recipient
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E3: Traveling with an Ostomy: Don’t Say No to “Let’s Go”!
Developing Abstracts and Posters for WOCNext®
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E2: Managing Gas: Adjusting to the Winds of Change
Heart and Sole of Starting a Foot and Nail Care Practice
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S2E1: "What About Sex?" Common Issues for Single and Partnered Individuals with Ostomies
Predictors of Hospital Readmission in Patients Undergoing Creation of an Intestinal Ostomy
Voices in Action: WOCN Public Policy & Advocacy Insights
WOCNext® 2023 Opening Keynote: Bring Your Soul To Work
What to Expect at WOCNext® 2023
The Value of the WOC Nurse: A WOCN® Quality Improvement Project
Save a Leg, Save a Life
Continent Ileostomy and the WOC Nurse Role
Ostomy Peer Support Program
WOC Nurse Transition from Traditional Clinical Practice to Industry
WOC Nurse Council: Collaboration and Consolidation
Corporate Compliance in Healthcare
Bonus EP 24: Patient Reported Outcomes on Living with an Ostomy
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S1E6: Is it A Wash? Colostomy Irrigation - Pros and Cons
Acute Care Foot & Nail Care Program
Bonus EP 23: ICD-10-CM Codes for Irritant Contact Dermatitis
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S1E5: Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexual Function After Ostomy Surgery
Implementation of an Evidence-based, Content Validated, Standardized Support Surface Algorithm Tool in Home Health Care: A Quality Improvement Project
The Life of a WOC Nurse: Transitioning from Adult to Pediatric WOC Care
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations S1E4: Do It Myself - Promoting Independence in Pediatric Ostomy Care
Nurse Driven Skin Tear Protocol in Long-Term Care
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S1E3: In the Thick of It - Modifying Stool Consistency with Fecal Stomas
Long-term Suprapubic Catheter–Related Care
Developing Abstracts & Posters
Guideline for Management of Patients with Lower-Extremity Wounds Due to Diabetes Mellitus and/or Neuropathic Disease
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S1E2: Culturally Competent Care (C3) Dietary Information for Patients with an Ileostomy
Making Our Bed: WOC Nurse-led Initiative to Replace Aging Hospital Beds to Decrease Pressure Injuries
(Bonus) Ostomy Observations Series S1E1: More than Asparagus - Urine Odor with a Urostomy
Meet the Recipient of the Barbara Braden Future is Bright Award
Meet the WOC Extender Advisory Committee Chair
Bonus EP 22: Wound Dressings and Healing
A Sneak Peek at the WOCNext 2022 Opening Keynote Session
WOCNext 2022: What to Know Before You Go
The Life of a Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Travel Nurse
Bonus EP 21: The WOC Nurse: emPOWERing the Leader Within
Growing the Team: Successfully Onboarding Non-WOC Certified Nurses
Physician Residents Shadowing a Certified WOC Nurse to Develop Interprofessional Competencies: A Quality Improvement Project
WOCN Public Policy & Advocacy: COVID-19 Legislation, Filling Coverage Gaps, Hot Legislative Topics, and More
Utilizing the APRN WOC Nurse for Inpatient and Outpatient Consultations
Bonus EP 20: Covid-19 Impact on the WOC Nursing Practice
A Conversation with the Membership Engagement Committee Chair
Wound Consult Telehealth Validation
WOCN® Society’s Leadership Process
Bonus EP 19: Skin Assessment Conundrums: Pigment, Technology, and Moisture
A Sneak Peek at the New WOCN Continuing Education Center
Ostomy Patient Advocacy and Awareness
Palliative Approach to Wound Care
Bonus EP 18: Empowered: Packing Your Professional Development Suitcase
Outpatient Ostomy Triage Tool
Meet the 23rd President of WOCN
Peristomal Skin Health: A WOCN Society Consensus Conference
Successful Transitions of Care: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Supplies
A Guide to WOCNext 2021
Applying Health Literacy to WOC Nursing
Practical Tips for the Pediatric Patient Population
Risk Factors for Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries and Acute Skin Failure
Bonus EP 17: Mindfulness & the Health Care Provider
Get emPOWERed! Introducing WOCN’s Brand-New emPOWERed Program
Expanding a Foot Care Education Program for Nurses: A Quality Improvement Survey
Interventions Post Catheter Removal (iPCaRe) Decision Support Tool
Bonus EP 16: WOCTalk LIVE February 2021
Decreasing Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis in the Surgical Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project
Bonus EP 15: Diagnosis and Management of Parastomal Abscesses
Recertifying with the Professional Growth Program (PGP)
Evidence-Based Report Cards in the JWOCN
WOC Nursing and Public Policy: Utilizing Tools to Advocate for Your Patients
Bonus Episode 14: High Output Ileostomy Management
Bonus EP 13: Incontinence Management and Prevention Technology
Transforming WOC Education: A Conversation with the WOCN® Society Education Committee Chair (EP.17)
Burn Care Prevention, Management, and Treatment (EP.53)
Preoperative Ostomy Education: Reducing Patient Anxiety and Prepping for Independence
Submitting an Abstract for WOCNext 2021
Working Together During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Bonus EP 12: Medico-Legal Issues in WOC Nursing
Bonus 11: The Professional Development Road Trip: The Thrill of Hitting the Road in Your Heavy Chevy
Critical Connections: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Adult Chronic Illness, and WOC Nursing (EP.49)
Pressure Injury Prevention: Implementing the NPIAP 2019 Guideline Into Your Practice (EP.48)
Chronic Tissue Injury: Recognizing & Publishing Clinical Issues (EP.47)
Publishing Quantitative Research in the JWOCN (EP.46)
Girls With Guts (EP.45)
WOCN Society Public Policy & Advocacy: New Resources, Website Updates, COVID-19 Legislative Information, and More. (EP.44)
Telehealth Wound Applications: Barriers, Solutions, & Future Use (EP.43)
Learn, Earn and Connect Online at WOCNext 2020 Reimagined (EP.42)
Managing Wounds in Patients with Lower-Extremity Venous Disease (EP.41)
Guidance for Maintaining Skin Health When Utilizing Protective Masks for Prolonged Time Intervals (EP.40)
Bonus EP 10: How WOC Nurses Can Make A World of Difference
Maximize the Effectiveness of Technology in WOC Nursing (EP.39)
Bonus EP 9: Dermostomy: Advanced Dermatological Conditions of the Parastomal Region
Developing Quality WOC Education: A Conversation with the WOCN Society Accreditation Committee Chair (EP.38)
Meeting the Demand: How One Department Increased Their WOC Nurse Workforce (EP.37)
Bonus EP 8: The Gut Microbiota & Health: A Focus on Linking Intestinal Dysbiosis & Human Disease
Bonus EP 7: Parastomal Hernias: A Surgeon and WOC Nurse Perspective
The Use of a Low-Profile Gastrostomy Device to Enhance MACE Irrigation (EP.36)
Igniting Change & Finding Balance: A Conversation with Angela Gaffney, CHC (EP.35)
Bridging Our Care from Research to Bedside (EP.34)
Bonus EP 6: Creative Strategies to Manage Female Urinary Incontinence and Reduce Urinary Catheter Utilization
One CWOCN with a Bright Future (EP.33)
Bonus EP 5: Convexity: Where Did it Come From and Where are We Now?
Walk the WOC: A Nurse’s Journey of Living with an Ostomy (EP.32)
Deep Dive into the Continent Ileal Reservoir (EP.31)
Glocal Perspectives on Healthcare: WOC Practice with Diverse Populations (EP.30)
From WTA to CWOCN (EP.29)
Post-event Huddle to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries (EP.28)
Advocating for the WOC Nursing Workforce and Patient-Centered Care (EP.27)
Bonus EP 4: Celebrating Ostomy Awareness
The Premier Program for Basic Wound Care Education (EP.26)
Decision Support Algorithm for Body Worn Absorbent Products (BWAP) (EP.25)
Collecting Data to Advocate for Additional WOC Nurse Resources (EP.24)
Preventative Practices for Wounds in a Critical Care Setting (EP.23)
Bonus EP 3: Convex Product Choices to Improve Care
Meet the President (EP.22)
The WOCN Foundation Scholarship Program for WOC Nurses (EP.21)
Peristomal Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (PMARSI) (EP.20)
WOCNext 2019: What to Know Before You Go (EP.19)
The CAUTI Prevention Tool Kit (EP.18)
Addressing Sex and Intimacy: The Ex-PLISSIT Model in Practice (EP.17)
Bonus EP 2: Progressive Mobility and Pressure Injury: What’s The Link?
Introducing the New Foot and Nail Section of JWOCN (EP.16)
Role of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse in Continence Care (EP.15)
Bonus EP 1: Guiding Your Professional Future with the Scope and Standards for the WOC Nurse
Pouching Made Easy: Creating an Essential Ostomy Tote for Emergency Room Nurses (EP.14)
All About Nashville: A Sneak Peek at our WOCNext 2019 Destination (EP.13)
Using a Collaborative Team to Reduce Pressure Injuries Originating in the Perioperative Division (EP.12)
Transforming Manuscripts to Global Messages: A Discussion with Dr. Mikel Gray, Editor-in-Chief, JWOCN (EP.11)
The Future is Bright for WOC Nursing (EP.10)
A Unique Approach to Neonatal Wound Care (EP.09)
Keep it Simple! Basic Ostomy Skin Care: A Guide for Patients and Health Care Providers (EP.08)
Setting the Standard for Body Worn Absorbent Products: Results of the WOCN Consensus Conference (EP.07)
Partnering for the Future – Increasing Access to Care (OCA and WTA Integration) (EP.06)
Protecting Your Present and Future: Legal Issues, Being a Witness, EMR Documentation (EP.05)
Slowing the Flow: Dietary, Fluid & Medication Management of the Patient with a High Output Stoma (EP.04)
Deep Tissue Injuries: The Future is in Your Hands (EP.03)
Development of a Patient Peristomal Skin Assessment Guide (EP.02)
Wounds Among Persons Who Inject Drugs (EP.01)