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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!

WOCNCB Certification Inspiration Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB)

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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!

    WOCNCB 45th Anniversary: A Conversation with some of our Longest Continuously Certified Nurses

    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. 

    • 44 min
    A Conversation with members of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, the 2022 Employer Recognition Award Winner!

    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 CareMathew Monterola, DNP, MSN, RN, PCCN-K, Associate Director of Clinical Support Programs, SPHM, WOCN, Inpatient Diabetes Education, & Dialysis  The WOCNCB Award committee who reviewed all the nominations will interview the members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center team.Alex Aningalan, MSN RN CWOSarah Erslev, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCNHolly Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP. ANCC They discuss a variety of topics including the growth of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center WOC nursing team, leadership support for WOCNCB-certified nurses and the nomination application process. 

    • 36 min
    The Value and Role of a CWOCN from a Colon & Rectal surgeon point of view

    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.

    • 7 min
    The Value and Need for a Certified Foot Care Nurse (CFCN)

    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.

    • 8 min
    The Experiential Pathway: Use your experience to become Certified

    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!

    • 3 min
    JWOCN® Getting Ready for Certification articles are excellent tools to help prepare for WOCNCB® exams

    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 site.

    • 6 min

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