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Partners
Faculty
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Director of
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Ruth A. Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN |
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Program
Administrator |
Bonnie Sue Rolstad, RN, MS, CWOCN |
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Associate
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Debra S. Netsch, RN, MS, CWOCN, FNP |
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Associate
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JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, RN, MS, CWOCN, FNP |
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Geralyn C.
Powers, RN, MSN, CWOCN, APRN
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Practicum Advisor |
Anne
Lalla, BA |
Advisory Board
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webWOC Nursing
Education Program
2800 University Ave SE, Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA
email: partners@webwocnurse.com |
Partners
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Ruth A. Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN
Ms. Bryant received her WOC Nursing Education at Barnes Jewish Hospital at
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri in 1979. She has maintained Board
Certification in WOC Nursing since the inception of certification in 1980. Ms.
Bryant received her MS in nursing from the University of Minnesota School of
Nursing in Minneapolis, Minnesota and her bachelor's degree in nursing from
Mount Marty College in Yankton, South Dakota.
She has been an active leader and author in the nursing specialty of Wound,
Ostomy Continence for the past 20 years. She served two terms as the President
of the Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), served on the
Certification Board of the WOCN, and was a member of the National Conference
Planning Committee for 10 years. She has published extensively in peer reviewed
journals and textbooks. Most notable are two textbooks she edited which are
utilized in the education of WOC nurses in the United States: Acute and Chronic
Wounds: Management Concepts (3rd edition, 2006) and Ostomies and
Continent Diversions: Nursing Management (co-editor). She is currently
a reviewer for Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. Ms.
Bryant has a strong clinical and educational experience and was the Director of
the Abbott Northwestern ET Nursing Education Program in Minneapolis, MN from
1988-1991. During her tenure at Abbott, she developed the clinical
preceptorship model, which is in use in most WOC nursing education programs in
the United States. Ruth has lectured extensively nationally and
internationally. She is a member of the Wound Healing Society (WHS) and was
instrumental in spearheading a joint effort by the WOCN and WHS to develop
provisional guidelines for the care of chronic wounds.
Ms. Bryant’s current areas of responsibility and interest encompass program
design and development in the webWOC Nursing Education Program, clinical
research and design, publication, and litigation consultation.
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Bonnie Sue Rolstad, RN, MS, CWOCN
Ms. Rolstad
received her WOC Nursing Education at the Cleveland Clinic in 1971. She
completed a B.A. degree from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul,
Minnesota in 1987 with focused study in nursing and small business management.
In 2004, she completed a graduate level certificate in Instructional Design for
Online Learning from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN. In 2006, Ms.
Rolstad completed her M.S. in Education with a specialty focus in Distance
Education at Capella University in Minneapolis, MN.
In the Specialty of WOC Nursing, Ms. Rolstad has maintained Board Certification
status since the inception of certification in 1980. Ms. Rolstad has been an
active leader and author in the nursing specialty of Wound, Ostomy, Continence
for the past 30 years. She served on the Board of the WOCN/IAET in an elected
position for 9 years, during which she served a term as Secretary of the WOCN.
She has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and textbooks. She has
been an author or co-author of numerous textbook chapters, most notable are: a
"Principles of Wound Management" (chapter) and "Management of Drain Sites and
Fistulas" (chapter) in Acute and Chronic Wounds (3rd edition, 2006);
"Management of Intestinal Fistulas" in MacKeigan's Intestinal Stomas (1993, 2nd
edition, 2002); "Management of the Recalcitrant and Deteriorating Wound",
Chronic Wound Care (2001); "Intestinal Stomas" in Gordon and Nivatvongs
Principles and Practice of Surgery for the Colon, Rectum and Anus (1999) and
"Continent Diversions and Reservoirs" in Ostomies and Continent Diversions
(1992). She has authored 4 editions (most current, 2005) of the teaching
resource book: "Ileoanal Reservoir: Nursing Management", distributed by the
American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons. Ms. Rolstad is also a member of
the Editorial Board for Ostomy/Wound Management. She was a founding Co-Director
of the Abbott Northwestern ET Nursing Education Program in Minneapolis, MN from
1979-81.
Ms. Rolstad’s
current areas of responsibility and interests encompass the administrative and
business leadership focus of the webWOC Nursing Education Program and
Instructional Design. She is also a faculty member and curriculum designer.
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Faculty
The webWOC
Nursing Education Program consists of experts in Wound, Ostomy, Continence
Nursing. Listed below are the directors and faculty of the webWOC Nursing
Education Program.
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Director of
Programs
Nursing 520 Foundations of WOC Nursing, Curriculum Design, Admissions
Committee, Faculty Development
Ruth A. Bryant, RN, MS, CWOCN
with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Mount Marty College in Yankton,
South Dakota; Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Minnesota;
Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program Certificate from Jewish
Hospital Washington University in St. Louis, MO; current Board Certification in
WOC Nursing; 20 years experience in WOC Nursing which included the post of
Program Minneapolis, Minnesota; past President of the Wound, Ostomy, Continence
Nurses Society; currently is a partner in the consulting practice, Bryant
Rolstad Consultants, LLC creators of webWOC Nursing Education Program; author,
speaker, researcher, litigations consultant.
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Program
Administrator
Curriculum Design, Faculty Development, Instructional Design, Instructor,
Orientation and Immersion Faculty
Bonnie Sue Rolstad, RN, MS, CWOCN
Ms. Rolstad received her WOC Nursing Education at the Cleveland Clinic in 1971.
She completed a B.A. degree from Metropolitan State University in St. Paul,
Minnesota in 1987 with focused study in nursing and small business management.
In 2004, she completed a graduate level certificate in Instructional Design for
Online Learning from Capella University in Minneapolis, MN. In 2006, Ms.
Rolstad completed her M.S. in Education with a specialty focus in Distance
Education at Capella University in Minneapolis, MN. Extensive experience in all
practice settings; business owner of a large WOC Nursing practice which was
acquired by a hospital system; current Administrative Director for the Program.
In 2006, Ms. Rolstad completed her M.S. in Education with a specialty focus in
Distance Education at Capella University in Minneapolis, MN.
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Associate
Director
Nursing 522 WOC Nursing: Ostomies and Continent Diversions
Debra S. Netsch, RN, MS, CWOCN, FNP
with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Morningside College, Sioux City,
Iowa; Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner from Mankato
State University, Mankato, Minnesota; ANCC Board Certification: Family &
Adult Nurse Practitioner; Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program
Certificate from Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Current
Board Certification in WOC Nursing; 15 years of WOC Nursing experience,
lecturer and preceptor in MSN and Family Practice Resident programs at
Minnesota State University; current clinical practice setting is Mankato
Clinic, author, speaker, researcher.
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Associate
Director
Nursing 521 WOC Nursing: Skin and Wound Management
Denise Nix, RN, MS, CWOCN
with a Bachelor of Arts in Nursing from College of St. Catherine in St. Paul,
Minnesota; Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Minnesota;
Wound, Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Program Certificate from Abbott
Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Current Board Certification in
WOC Nursing; 10 years of WOC Nursing experience, implementation and ongoing
coordination of the Vencor Hospital Minneapolis Wound and Skin Care Program,
author, speaker, researcher.
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Associate
Director
Nursing 523 WOC Nursing: Bowel and Bladder Continence
JoAnn Ermer-Seltun, RN, MS, CWOCN, FNP
with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Iowa, Iowa City,
Iowa; Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner from Winona State
University, Winona Minnesota and Mayo School of Related Sciences, Rochester,
Minnesota; Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program Certificate from
Tucson Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona; 12 years of experience in WOC Nursing,
currently practices as a WOC Nurse and Family Nurse Practitioner at Mercy
Medical Center- North Iowa. She conducts the Mercy Wound Clinic and Continence
Clinic at the Women's Health Center. Ms. Ermer-Seltun is a community faculty
member in the Winona State University Nurse Practitioner Program, Winona,
Minnesota. She is a recognized speaker and teacher in the field of WOC Nursing.
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Faculty
Nursing 521 WOC Nursing: Skin and Wound Management
Geralyn C. Powers, RN, MSN, CWOCN, APRN
with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Mary of the Plains College,
Wichita, Kansas; Master of Science in Nursing, Gerontological Nurse
Practitioner from University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; ANCC
Board Certification: Gerontological Nurse Practitioner; Wound, Ostomy,
Continence Nursing Education Program Certificate from The webWOC Nursing
Education Program, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Current Board Certification in WOC
Nursing; 5 years of WOC Nursing experience; current clinical practice setting
is St. Francis Medical Center, Grand Island, NE, author, speaker,
researcher.
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Practicum
Advisor
Anne Lalla, BA
with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Augsburg College, Minneapolis,
Minnesota; 10 years of medical sales representation; 4 years of sales
experience within the Wound, Ostomy and Continence fields.
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