Member News & Accomplishments
This is our page to promote our member's accomplishments, awards, presentations, commendations, etc.
posted 8/23/2010
Sharon Baranoski is working with a Canadian nurse, Kim LeBlanc MSN, RN, CETN on developing an improved documentation system for skin tears. They have a short 12 question survey for completion by the NIA members. They are just starting the data collection phase and hope to have a document completed early next year.
********** Invitation for Health Care Professionals **************
Skin Tear Research Initiative:
We are researching current practices in the prevention and management of skin tears, and would appreciate just a few minutes of your time to complete an online survey.
The purpose of this survey is to develop a consensus to outline strategies for assessing, preventing and treating skin tears. Please complete this brief 12-question survey to contribute to our initiative. The survey is completely anonymous.
To complete the survey, go to www.skintears.org and enter the password: ST2010
Thank you for your time and participation!
Kim LeBlanc MN, RN, CETN (C), IIWCC
Sharon Baranoski MSN, RN, CWCN, FAAN
Becky Strilko recently visited Costa Rica on a Mission trip. The Joliet Herald featured her in an article about the trip. Read Article
Congratulations, Becky!
A message from ERIC GOODMAN:
I had the opportunity to go to the "First Annual Palliative Wound Conference" in Cincinnati, Ohio on May 13th and 14. I attached the program material. I also attached a picture of me with Oscar Alvarez, PhD and Diane L. Krasner. Diane Krasner presented on SCALE: SKIN CHANGES AT LIFE'S END. It was a wonderful opportunity to learn and spread the word about our NIAWOCN.
Eric,
FYI: Oscar Alvarez, PhD Education: BS, PhD Biochemistry. Current Position: Director,
Palliative Wound Center, Calvary Hospital, Bronx, NY; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of
Medicine, New York Medical College. Published author on palliative wound care;
numerous patents and grants for wound care; distinguished lecturer nationally and
internationally.
Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN Education: BA, Johns Hopkins University, BS University
of Maryland, MS Education Johns Hopkins University, MS Nursing University of
Maryland, PhD Nursing University of Maryland, Current Position: Wound and Skin Care
Consultant. Over 20 years experience in skin and wound care. Advisor on numerous
industry, regulatory and educational wound and skin care boards. Multiple faculty
positions for wound and skin care education. Founder of AAWC. Organizer of SCALE
(Skin Changes at Life's End) project.
posted 5/18/10
Congratulations to Suzan Hoeksema, as she recently received initial certification as CWOCN and CFCN (March 2010), and is starting her own independent mobile practice as The Foot Care Nurse in the Valparaiso, Indiana area.
posted 5/18/10
ERIC GOODMAN, RN, has earned the Certificate of Completion from the webWOC Nursing Education Program. He has successfully completed this Program which is accredited by the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society.
Renee Malandrino, MS, CWOCN, Bari Stiehr, BSN, CWOCN, and Diane Davis-Zeek, MS, APN, NP-C, CWOCN are presenting a poster at the WOCN Conference in Phoenix -
“Changing Our Methods of Adult Incontinence Management to Decrease Skin Breakdown and Improve Patient Satisfaction”
Andrea Mcintosh, Becky Strilko and Chris Barkauskas have posters that were accepted for both SAWC and WOCN conferences:
"A Safe and Effective Alternative to Debridement of Lower Extremity Wounds with the Use of Active Leptospernum Honey Dressings"
"Efficacy of a Powered Replacement Mattress for the Prevention of Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers"
Linda Galvan and Malou Deocampo recertified as CWOCN.
Haiti
by: Susan Dieter RN, MS, CWS, FACCWS, DAPWCA
I thought I would share my experience of volunteering to provide wound care as part of earthquake relief in Port-au-Prince Haiti recently. I thought it may be of interest to other WOCN's given the response I received at the meeting I presented to last spring. My photos are free to view on a site called snapfish. You do have to enter your email address and a password, but it is absolutely free of charge. I have written just a bit to describe my experience. Feel free to share the information and have anyone interested in volunteering to get in touch with me. Recovery in Haiti will take a very long time.
Connie Kelly and Colleen Drolshagen featured on Hollister’s sponsored web-site: C3Life.com
They are the featured in “Ask the Clinician”
Click to see article> Article
Sharon Baranoski - recertified in Nov 2009 as a CWCN.
Sharon will be speaker at the APWCA Conference in April in Philadelphia and also WOCN/WCET June meeting in Phoenix.
She is also on the planning panel for this conference.
The Symposium on Advances in Skin and Wound Care, which is coordinated by Sharon, is Sept 30-Oct 3, in Nashville TN. It is hard to believe but this is the 25th Anniversary of the show.
Marlene Balik will be presenting a poster at the 2010 WOCN/WCET Conference entitled:
“The Pressure Ulcer Prevalence Study: Facility Demonstrates Quality Improvement in a 3-Year Retrospective Review.”