The WOCN Society is hosting a one-day virtual event titled Pharmacology Day: From Your Practice To The Pharmacy, scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 18, 2023. This virtual event is geared towards Advanced Practice Nurses, Physician Assistants, DOs, MDs, and any healthcare professionals who are interested in advancing their pharmacology knowledge.
It is with a sad and heavy heart that I am sharing we lost a great WOC nurse yesterday and a dear friend to many of us. Fran Demo has gone to live with our Lord and Savior. Fran was an active member of the MER for many years. She gave of herself unselfishly to...
The WOCN Society is hosting a one-day virtual event titled Pharmacology Day: From Your Practice To The Pharmacy, scheduled to be held on Saturday, February 18, 2023. This virtual event is geared towards Advanced Practice Nurses, Physician Assistants, DOs, MDs, and any healthcare professionals who are interested in advancing their pharmacology knowledge.
I am your newly elected President of the MidEast Region Board. I reside in Huntington, West Virginia with my very precocious wiener dog fur child, “Stinky”. I have 3 grown children, 2 grandsons and a granddaughter due to be delivered on December 6, 2022. A Christmas blessing for sure! I have 29 years of nursing experience having worked in acute and long-term patient care as well as the medical device industry. I have been a certified wound and ostomy nurse since 2009. I am currently a Wound Care Clinical Specialist within the 3M Medical Solutions Division.
“The first ET in Southwest Michigan” was a special mentor to Donna Pennington, Pat Weber and Shelia Thomas.Gertrude Elizabeth Raasch Blied, 88 of Portage passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2022 at Woodland Terrace, Bridgman. A celebration of life for Trudy...
You know your job is important. Your patients rely on you to be the best you can be and their family notices and welcomes you to help heal their wounds. Physicians rely on you, and bedside nurses cannot wait till you arrive—you are the great and impressive...
WOCN members, and other advocates, have been working in several states across the country to ensure that ostomy patients who are covered by Medicaid have access to the supplies they need. As you may know, many state Medicaid programs fail to provide adequate extended wear ostomy products, which in many instances is well below even the Medicare standards.
MER is looking for passionate participants to be actively involved in one of our task forces we are developing to promote and support the growth of our organization and members. Benefits of participation: ● Collaboration with Colleagues● Enhances Leadership skills●...
How Can I Reflect Empathy in My Workplace? Here in Michigan, we endure the snow, ice and cold until a new season starts to break through. Feeling the freezing air sting my uncovered face forces me to take notice. The shards of ice may slice through me like glass when...
Dear Mideast Region WOC Nurse friends and colleagues, On February 26th and 27th, the Mideast Region WOC board members gathered to examine our future as a region and the many challenges that are facing the members of the MER. We had one question we needed to address,...
