Schedule
The 2019 North Central Region WOCN Fall Conference is intended for medical professionals, students, industry representatives, and public allies who are seeking to gain knowledge in the most recent and more challenging topics as relates to wound, ostomy, and continence care.
Join use as we bring together a diverse group of leaders to share their first hand insights, advice, and best practices.
Friday
8:00 a.m. Registration Opens
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks
10:00 – 11:00 Keynote: Reclaim Your Purpose and Passion in Healthcare – Carolyn Bostrack, PhD (PP)
11:00-11:30 – Lunch
11:30 – 12:30 Helping Clients through Alternatives that Work – Revadean Quastad, BSN, MSN, APNP (PP)
1:00 – 1:10 Break
1:10 – 2:10 A Precarious Journey: Traveling the Road of Fistula Management – Barbara Hocevar MSN, RN, CWOCN (O)
2:10-2:20 Stretch Break in Place, light snack
2:20 – 3:20 Diagnosis and management of deep venous obstruction in patients with chronic venous insufficiency – Ezana Azene, MD, PhD. (W)
3:20 – 3:50 Break
4:00 – 5:00 Business Meeting
5:00 – 5:30 New Member Welcome
5:30 – 8:00 Vendor Exhibits and Social with heavy hors d’oeurves
8:30 – 11:00 – Heart of La Crosse Comedy Troupe and snacks
Saturday
7:00 – 9:00 Registration/Vendor Exhibits/Breakfast
9:00 – 10:00 Mental Health After a Change in Health Status. – Diana Gallagher, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN (W, O, C)
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 11:10 Treatment Algorithm for Accidental Bowel Leakage– Donna L. Thompson MSN, CRNP, FNP-BC, CCCN (C)
11:10-11:20 – Break
11:30 – The Science of Feet: Heel to Toe – Sheila Howes-Trammel, BSN, MSN, FNP, CFCN (F)
12:30 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Lymphedema in the Wound Community – Carol Johnson, OTR/L, CLT-LANA (W)
2:00 – 2:10 Break
2:10 – 3:10 Micro Nutrition of the Skin – Joyce Black PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN (W)
3:10 – 3:30 – Closing Statements
Continuing Education Credits:
This activity has been submitted to WNA CEAP for approval to award contact hours. Wisconsin Nurses Association is accredited as an approver of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Centers’ Commission on Accreditation. This activity has applied for 9 CEs to be offered through the attendance of each of the educational offerings for the program.
Speaker handouts will not be available at the conference. An email will be sent a few weeks prior to the conference with information about downloading the handouts.
