WOC on! Is the new blog site for WOC nurses on our MEC website. The purpose of this section is to communicate and guide you, MEC members and visitors, to new information to assist to share nurse information and give you all an opportunity to share what you are passionate about.

Healing Mindset

Healing Mindset

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 answer to...

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How Can I Reflect Empathy in My Workplace?

How Can I Reflect Empathy in My Workplace?

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...

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What Are Your Plans for the Future?

What Are Your Plans for the Future?

As we close the 2021 year, we have so much to be thankful for and look forward to in the new year. My personal motto is to “choose joy” and share what is positive and look forward to what is possible. While many sad things occurred this past year due to Covid and...

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We Are Listening – What Do You Want Us To Work On?

We Are Listening – What Do You Want Us To Work On?

September 2021 happened quickly, and our conference is behind us successfully thanks to the hard work of those on the Centralized Conference Planning Committee (CCPC) and the Mideast Region (MER) board along with the commitment of the vendors and passionate attendees!...

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Leadership – What Does It Mean To You?

Leadership – What Does It Mean To You?

Are you looking to advance your career or perhaps you wish to learn something new? As a member of the Mideast Region (MER) of the WOCN® Society, you have a ready and waiting opportunity to get involved to learn more about nursing leadership. You will have...

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Julia Hanna is the current Mideast Chapter President

Mission

The WOCN® Society is a professional nursing society, which supports its members by promoting educational, clinical and research opportunities to advance the practice and guide the delivery of expert health care to individuals with wounds, ostomies and incontinence.

Core Purpose

To advance the practice of wound, ostomy and continence nursing.