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Memphis Area Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society
Aging Services of California is the leading advocate for quality nonprofit senior living and care in the state.
www.aging.org
American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing
www.aaacn.org
American Academy of Dermatology
This site covers skin conditions from acne to warts. Information targeted to consumers and health professionals.
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
www.aanp.org
American Academy of Nursing
www.nursingworld.org/aan
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Contains a sophisticated bulletin board on several topics, news updates, and publications.
American Association of Diabetic Educators
www.aadenet.org
American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants
www.aalnc.org
American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
www.aascin.org
American Dietetic Association
Contains information about food guideline and special diets, includes reading lists, child, women and geriatric nutritional tips.
American Holistic Nurses Association
www.ahna.org
American Medical Association
Access to the Journal of the American Medical Association, news, and related links.
American Nephrology Nurses Association
www.annanurse.org
American Nurses Association
Site offers a quarterly online journal, access to publications and online references, and an excellent page of links.
American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics
ASLME is a non-profit educational and research organization devoted to critical thought in health, law, medicine, bioethics and patient care. ASLME offers two nationally known peer-reviewed journals, as well as national conferences on emerging topics in law and medicine.
American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses
www.aspsn.org
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)
Access to selected articles in the AORN Journal, legislative alerts, and also provides an extensive list of publications and products/services.
Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
www.apic.org
Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
The ARN includes information for providers of quality rehabilitation and restorative care. It makes contact hours available, conferences and workshops and offers courses in certification.
California Association of Health Facilities
California Healthcare Association
California Nursing Outcomes Coalition Database Project
California's Association for Professions in Infection Control and Epidemiology
www.cacc.net
California Hopital Association
www.calhealth.org/index.cfm
Canadian Continence Foundation
This non-profit organization is dedicated to those experiencing incontinence. The foundation provides education and treatment information through newletters, video and other literature.
Case Management Society of America
This site offers information for Nurses in all types of case management. Very indepth site.
The Canadian Association of Wound Care
CAWC is a not-for-profit organization of health care professionals, industry participants, patients, and caregivers dedicated to the advancement of wound care in Canada.
The Dermatology Nurses' Association
dna.inurse.com
Hospice Patient's Alliance
www.hospicepatients.org
International Ostomy Association (IOA)
An organization offering support and education to ostomates. It publishes the Ostomy International Journal and the IOA News.
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Lahey Clinic
Provides information and treatment for incontinence. This site offers information on symptoms, causes and treatment options for those with incontinence.
Lower Extremity Amputation Prevention Program
MinorityNurse.com is an online resource for today's diversified nursing community.
www.minoritynurse.com
National Association of Hispanic Nurses strives to serve the nursing and health-care delivery needs of the Hispanic community and the professional needs of Hispanic nurses.
www.thehispanicnurses.org
Nursing World is the Web site of the American Nurses Association. It contains links to United American Nurses, American Nurses Foundation, the American Nurses Credentialing Center and the Online Journal of Issues in Nursing.
www.nursingworld.org
National Association For Continence (NAFC)
An excellent source of information about incontinence. The site provides a wealth of publications for health care professionals as well as consumers in the treatment of incontinence.
National Association for Home Care (NAHC)
National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists
www.nacns.org
National Black Nurses Association.Inc
www.nbna.org
National Center On Elder Abuse
National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc.
www.ncsbn.org
National Decubitus Foundation
This sites primary goal is to increase public awareness regarding the prevention of pressure ulcers. The NDF has links to many professional societies of interest to wound care practitioners.
National Gerontological Nursing Association
www.ngna.org
National League for Nursing
www.nln.org
National Library of Medicine
This site offers ten million articles from four thousand scientific and medical journals.
National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing
www.noadn.org
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
National Student Nurses Associates
www.nsna.org
www.nursing-alliance.org
The Nursing Organizations Alliance™ is a coalition of nursing organizations united to create a strong voice for nurses.
Oley Foundation Tools for living better on home IV & tube feedings
www.oley.org
Ostomy Association of Boston (OAB)
Paralyzed Veterans of America
Has excellent resources for prevention/treatment of pressure ulcers and many other intersting topics related to SCI.
Resource for dressing materials & wound information
Society for Vascular Nursing
www.svnnet.org
Society of Gastrointerology Nurses and Associates, Inc.
www.sgna.org
Society of Urologic Nurses and Associates (SUNA)
Site features online ordering of publications, a sophisticated forum open to guests and new users, and chat.
Telemedicine Information Exchange
Site includes current news, journals, legal and ethical issues, and a forum.
Transcultural Nursing Society
www.tcns.org
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society
www.uhms.org and www.pacificuhms.org
United Ostomy Association America Inc. (UOAA)
Offers support services, a youth rally, free information packets, and even a cookbook. This is a good site with plenty of links and information.
WOCN
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society
World Union Wound Healing Society
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society
World Council for Enterostomal Therapists
50 countries are represented by WCET. Site includes many alternative medicine and related health resources, links to cancer websites around the world, meetings and journal abstracts.
The Wound Healing Society
A nonprofit, international organization of clinical and basic scientific investigators interested in the field of wound healing.
Administration on Ageing Elder Abuse
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
The California Board of Registered Nursing
The California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) regulates the practice of registered nursing and certified advanced practice nurses in order to protect the public. The Board exists to protect the health and safety of consumers and promote quality registered nursing care in California.
www.capitoladvantage.com/capwiz
Capwiz•XC offers five ways to deliver your advocacy messages to officials, media contacts, and other recipients that you specify. Choose from Advocacy Xpress* (hand delivery), e-mail, fax, telephone, and/or postal mail.
Centers for Disease Control
Searchable website containing fact sheets, statistics, publications for order and a health topics A-Z index.
Department of Health & Human Services-Office of Inspector General
This site containes an electronic reading room and information on fighting Medicare fraud.
Food and Drug Administration
Searchable and indexed site with information for health professionals, patients, consumers, etc. Webpage is broken down into different types of products such as "Human Drugs" and "Medical Devices".
Government and Industry Sponsored Clinical Trials
This site offers a listing of 41,000 industry and government sponsored clinical trials. Also a listing of drugs recently approved by the FDA
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Comprehensive site including health insurance information, updated news articles about health care, stats and data, and a well-maintained listing of laws and regulations.
Healthy People 2010
Site promoting a national agenda to improve health by providing learning opportunities and knowledge. Used as a standard to measure improved health throughout the country.
House of Representatives
Directory of House Representatives and their homepages, updated news on House-related issues, several government and educational links.
Medwatch
Provided by the U.S. Government. It offers information about recalls, market withdrawals, labeling changes and other safety notifications ordered by the FDA
National Cancer Institute
Excellent site covering all aspects of cancer-related issues. "Cancernet" is a wealth of information in English and Spanish. Also contains press releases and announcements.
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases - NIDDK
Part of NIH, this organization conducts, supports and disseminates research to the public. NIH job opportunities, archived and 1994 - current news briefs and releases, research and funding opportunities, information on many health topics for patients and professionals, combined health information data base (CHID) containing references and citations.
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Site contains information on funding opportunites, scientific resources, and extensive news. This site is searchable and also provides information in Spanish.
National Institute for Health sub site National Library of Medicine
National Library of Medicine
Contains a toxicology search option and an HIV/AIDS search option for information.
National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
New Catalog of HCFA Information Products, PR-821KNM, is available from NTIS. NTIS is the most comprehensive provider of Medicare and Medicaid manuals produced by HCFA.
Senate
An excellent site with a directory of Senators and Committees, updated legislative activites and an option to search for Bills which can be found at the bottom of the webpage.
3M
Wound and Skin Care Products
Anasept
Anasept wound antiseptic
Apligraf
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation website
Calmoseptine
This company makes Calmoseptine Ointment which is a very effective for a moisture barrier cream.
Colon & Breast Cancer Treatment Center - North Texas, Dallas, Southlake
Our mission is to provide colon & breast cancer treatment In North Texas, Dallas, Southlake & other surrounding areas.
Coloplast
Wound and Ostomy Products
Convatec
Wound and Ostomy supplies
Cook Company
Product information on Oasis, Stratasis, and Surgisis.
The Ostomy Cozy Company
Ostomy cover up product
Derma Sciences Inc.
Wound care therapeutics
DM Systems
This is where you will find out about the Heellift smooth suspension boot.
Duraline Medical Products Inc
Educates public about Urinary Incontinence and supplies absorbable and resuable products, as well as skin care for baby to adult.
Dynamic Medical Systems
DME company surfaces and non-invasive pulse electromagnetic technology
Ehob
Waffle Boot, original inflatable heel lift
Elta® skin and wound care
Swiss-American markets Elta® skin and wound care products. Swiss-American continues their focus on technologies to help improve outcomes.
Ferris Mfg. Corp
Polymem, the standard hydrophilic polyurethane foam dressing
Healthpoint
Product for wound and skin care, including Accuzyme, Panafil, Curasol Gel to read only Product for wound and skin care
Hill-Rom
DME company bed manufacturer first distributer of the Clinitron bed
Hollister
Products and education
Johnson & Johnson
J&J have many different types of products for wound and skin care.
Kendall
Variety of disposable medical products including wound, incontinence and urology items
Kinetic Concepts Incorporated
DME company with surfaces and the Wound VAC
www.medline.com
Wound and Skin Care Products
Molnlycke
Pain free silicone dressings
www.myheartties.com
My Heart Ties is a line of intimate wear for women with ostomies.
www.silverwoundcare.com / x-static.com
Noble Biomaterials, Inc. Washable silver fiber dressings
Nu-Hope
Custom ostomy products
Oxandrolone anabolic steroid therapy and chronic wounds
Prism Medical Apparel
This site offers quality apparel for healthcare professionals at wholesale prices.
Sage Products
Many different products to explore
Smith & Nephew
Wound and Skin Care Products
Sween
Sween skin care products
Whizzy for Women
The revolutionary product that lets women urinate while standing...from New Angle Products
Wonder-Glove
Wonder-Gloves offer skin creams & lotion for dry skin problem. Wonder-gloves skin care cream gives total protection against chemicals and other external agents.
Support Groups and Information
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
www.aarp.org
American Urological Association (AUA)
www.auanet.org
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses
The professional organization of perioperative, or surgical nurses.
Spina Bifida Association of America
Contains information about spina bifida in adults and children. Includes toll-free numbers, newsletter, cholarship and research information.
www.meetanostomate.com
Service for people with ostomy
National Alliance of Breast Cancer
This site provides great links about breast cancer networks and information.
The J Pouch Group
Dedicated to the Ileo-anal anastomosis or "J-Pouch", this site offers information and support for those with Ulcerative Colitis and Familial Polyposis. It has discussion groups, success stories, links and more.
Oncolink
This is a very complete cancer information site. It includes information on different types of cancerc support groups, clinical trials and global resources for the cancer patient.
Aging and Senior Health Caregiver Alliance
Offers education and support for caregivers of elderly people.
American Paralysis Association
Comprehensive site on paralysis. Includes information on support for patients and caregivers.
Community Health Information
Seniors, Women, Men, and Other Categories
This site has health information for many categories and for multiple conditions.
UOAA Home page United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc.
UOA Canada Home Page
United Ostomy Association in Canada
Useful Ostomy Links
(courtesy of Ostomy Association of Southwestern Indiana)
Web of Care
This site is designed to assist caregivers who face the daily challenges of caring for loved ones at home. It offers support, information, access to some home care supplies and includes news, human interest stories, chat rooms and information on numerous disease states.
Advances in Skin & Wound Care
Free on line data base of skin and wound care prod. and services. Full text articles from Advances in Skin & Wound Care. (And much more)
BrossCorp
Hyperbaric Oxygen company which sets up wound care clinics in acute outpatient settings. Provides nurse/physician and staff training and assistance with billing and coding. Site offers continuing education for nurses through graphics and interactive video.
CINAHL Information Systems
Research, conference information, links
www.independentnurseconsultant.com
Independent Nurse Consultants
PharmWeb
Patient and professional information, special interest pages, links
schoolnurse.com
SchoolNurse.com represents the online presence of School Health Alert, an independent, printed newsletter published monthly since 1986.
WOCN Certification Board
Our Certification Board for Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing
Woundtx
Established as a site for accessing medical evidence in best practive for chronic wounds - offers an interactive online forum, summaries of wound care research, online would journals and links to wound care products and services, manufacturers and organizations.
OstomyWound Management
HMP Communications
610-560-0502
Email: o-wm@hmpcommunications.com
J WOCN
Mosby
WOUNDS
HMP Communications
800-237-7285
Advances in Skin & Wound Care
Lippincott
800-638-3030
WOC Nursing Education Programs
Cleveland Clinic - R. B. Turnbull, Jr. School of ET/WOC Nursing
cms.clevelandclinic.org/digestivedisease/body.cfm?id=160&oTopID=37
Emory University School of Medicine
Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Education Center
www.surgery.emory.edu/wocnec/index.htm
Harrisburg Area WOC Nursing Education Program
www.wickseducational.com
La Salle University School of Nursing
www.lasalle.edu/admiss/grad/msn/certificate_woc.php
Medical University of South Carolina, Wound Care Specialty Course
www.musc.edu/nursing/continue/wound/wcsc.htm
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Education Program (WOCNEP)
www.mdanderson.org/departments/woundostomy
University of Virginia Graduate Program in WOC Nursing
Wound, Ostomy & Continence Master's and Post-Master's Certificate Program
www.nursing.virginia.edu/programs/admissions/wocpost/default.asp
University of Washington School of Nursing, Wound and Ostomy Education Programs
www.uwcne.org
WebWOCN Nursing Education Program
www.webwocnurse.com
Certification Requirement Comparison Chart
WOCN certifying board
www.wocncb.org
Download the wound certification comparison chart (PDF format)