WOCNow--May 2010 E-Newsletter

The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

May 2010

2010 WOCN/WCET Joint Conference

2010 will be a historic year as the WOCN Society and WCET will unite to educate the world with a Universal Focus on Patient Care.

2010 WOCN/WCET Joint Conference Handout Information

This year pre-printed handout will not be provided. You will be given a program book with your registration materials with information on all of the sessions, and room locations.

An email will be sent prior to conference to access any available handouts for sessions you are attending. There will also be print stations available in the convention center if you want to print them.

Phoenix Hotels

The Joint Conference has added another hotel, the Hilton Garden Inn, which is located on the light rail line that runs behind the Convention Center. It is a half block from the rail line and only two stops from the Convention Center!
Reserve Housing

For more information about the conference, visit

wocn.jointconference2010.org.

WOC for Wellness

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Learn how you can help WOCN earn up to $10,000 for student nurse scholarships...courtesy of ConvaTec, Inc.!

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Conference Assistance - YOU ARE HERE

This year at conference we are introducing Conference Assistance - YOU ARE HERE, which is an online interactive exhibit hall map.

YOU ARE HERE, will help you discover, connect, and familiarize yourself with exhibitors and educational opportunities before, during and after the Joint Conference.

You can find YOU ARE HERE at three individual touch screen stations located within the Exhibit Hall.

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ProLibraries.com Free Trial

Attention WOCN members! Check out the 2009 WOCN conference on ProLibraries.com with our Free Trial* offer! This offer will be available for members only from May 15-30, 2010.

Enjoy available content and check out the sessions you missed from last year's conference. ProLibraries.com is the world's largest online resource offering streaming and downloadable educational content. It allows you to keep up-to-date on what's going on in your industry.

Build your own digital reference library accessible to you online at any time. After you have access to the educational content on ProLibraries.com, you will wonder how you ever lived without it.

Visit www.prolibraries.com/wocns/redeem to start your Free Trial* today! Use the conference code: WOCNTRIAL10. While you are there, you can also pre-order the 2010 conference online library!

*Free Trial includes streaming content only. Trial access is limited to May 15-30, 2010.

World Continence Week - June 21-27, 2010

WORLD CONTINENCE WEEK-USA MISSION

To promote education, and public awareness about incontinence, its prevention, treatment and care throughout the United States of America

The International Continence Society has identified a need for generating greater public awareness around the issue of continence. As a result, the ICS designated World Continence Week (WCW) to occur the last week in June. During this time, affiliated organizations around the world, whose missions are to improve the quality of life of people suffering from urinary or fecal incontinence, promote awareness of this medical issue.

Goal for 2010 - expand celebration activities outside of Chicago during the week of June 21-27, 2010.

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Product Showcase

WOC Nursing Scope and Standards

The WOC Nursing Scope and Standards publication is essential to anyone practicing in the field. The information can be used to familiarize WOC nurses with where the profession came from, its current expectations and where it is evolving. Knowledge is power and that is precisely what these volumes provide---knowledge to begin dialogue with administrators, professors, politicians, patients and others to ensure that all decisions regarding WOC nurses come from a well-informed place. This document covers the following about the WOC nurse: a standard definition, inventory of the responsibilities as an advocate, overview of the role played in disease management, review of the expected ethics and values, requirements related to WOC nursing and professional accountability, identification of the specific steps involved in the WOC nursing process, framework for providing patient care, and an overview of the diverse practice environments in which WOC nurses contribute their specialized care.