Jan has over 40 years of experience and in her current role she is a preceptor and mentors nurses training to become WOC Nurses. In this podcast she discusses how a nurse moves through the process to become a WOC Nurse and provides insight to the process.
Guest bio:
Jan has practiced as a WOC nurse for 40 years, working at the University of Chicago Medicine, a 900-bed academic inner city medical center. She directs and provides care to the outpatient ostomy population working in general surgery clinics. She is a past president of the WOCN Society, and Friends of Ostomates Worldwide USA, is the ostomy section editor of the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence, the editor of several text books on ostomy care as well as the author of multiple journal articles. She has presented nationally and internationally on ostomy topics and precepts ostomy students attending the WOCN educational programs.
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