| 2017 ATTENDEE PORTALS have moved to the Conference Page |
Jennifer Anderson
MBA, MSN, RN, CWCN, CFCN, CWS
Thanks to Anne Rodgers, conference chair, and her Tennessee conference committees for planning a tremendous program. Our annual conference is the best value around for obtaining wound, ostomy and continence education. We had a great turnout of both attendees and exhibitors.
The 49th Annual WOCN® Society Conference was held the end of May in Salt Lake City. There were many SER of the WOCN Society members who traveled to Utah to attend the conference. It was wonderful to have 51 SER of the WOCN members who attended our regional membership meeting on an early Saturday morning! North Carolina had the largest representation at 16 members with Florida as a close second at 9 members. We were honored to have a WOC nurse from Brazil join our group as well! The next National WOCN® Society Conference will be in Philadelphia, PA, June 2-6, 2018. It promises to be an awesome conference as it will the 50th Annual Conference!
Have you checked out the new tools on the WOCN Society website? There are several great items:
- The Peristomal Skin Assessment Guide - http://psag.wocn.org/#home
- Support Surface Algorithm -
http://algorithm.wocn.org/#initial-skin-assessment - VLU Algorithm - http://vlu.wocn.org/#home
The links are included above or can be accessed at www.wocn.org. Click on clinical tools under the Resources tab on the home page. There are several other agency resources available as well: AHRQ On-Time Pressure Ulcer Prevention Tool, ANA CAUTI Prevention Tool and Guidance on OASIS Skin and Wound.
I want to thank the membership, board and staff again for allowing me the honor of serving you. I have found this position to be both challenging and exciting! Also, please remember this is your Society. Do not hesitate to contact me anytime for questions, to report successes or opportunities for improvement.
Warm regards,
Jennifer Anderson
President Southeast Region of the WOCN® Society
president@serwocn.org
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| Conference Evaluations |
Evaluations were due Sunday, 10/15/2017 Remember to complete an evaluation for each session attended, AND the overall Conference Evaluation. Be sure to enter your Unique Attendee ID on each evaluation, as that is the link for our database to tabulate your total hours. |
As of Wed. 10/17 3PM, 165 certificates have been emailed! All other attendees have been sent a reminder to complete this task. |
| help request - Houston |
Nurses, Doctors, Sales Reps - If anyone can please send any drainable colostomy bags overnighted or as soon as possible as there is an immediate need. Please send to:
Attn: Lucille RN Room 216
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
Thank you,
DiAnn Smoot, MSN RN CWOCN
484-529-90263
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| Election |
Congratulations to the winners announced during the Friday Business Meeting at Conference! |
| Newsletter articles deadline |
Articles for the Fall Edition of the SER Newsletter are due by October 23, 2017. Email them to your State's reporter. Go to state reporters page for their email address. |
| Free online CE program |
The Southeast Region is proud to provide Dr. Shultz's presentation: Battling Biofilms. |
| Youth Rally |
September 2017 Youth Rally Newsletter posted. Go to the Youth Rally website for more information. |
| Professional Organization / Public Policy Updates |
New Pressure Injury Staging Definitions NEWS RELEASE: Governmental Agencies and Professional Organizations Support NPUAP’s Pressure Injury Staging System... read News Release here |
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