Catching the Wound Care Bug: How WTA Program Sparked Hospital-Wide Interest

Resources

• Wound Treatment Associate (WTA®) Program
• How to become a certification wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) nurse
• Ostomy Care Associate (OCA®) Program

About the Guest

Laurie Wooley, MSN, RN, CWCN, COCN, is an experienced inpatient wound and ostomy nurse with a decade of expertise in the field. As a WTA Course Coordinator and Ladder III nurse at AHN-St. Vincent Hospital, she focuses on quality improvement initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries. Holding both a BSN and a master's degree in nursing education, Laurie has earned two national board certifications—Certified Wound Care Nurse (CWCN) and Certified Ostomy Care Nurse (COCN)—through the experiential route.

Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.