OST581: Ostomy Care Nurse Specialist Course – Spring 2025

PRESENTERS & PLANNING COMMITTEE:

WEB WOC® Program Faculty (in alphabetic order):

RENEE
ANDERSON, MSN, RN, CWON

KATHLEEN
BORCHERT, MS, RN, APRN, CNS, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, CFCN

SUE BRUCH,
MSN, RN, ARNP, ACNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN

JOANN
ERMER-SELTUN, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN, CFCN

MARY MAHONEY,
MSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN

DEBRA NETSCH,
DNP, RN, CNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN-AP, CFCN

SANDRA ROHR,
MSN, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWOCN

BONNIE SUE
ROLSTAD, MS, RN, CWOCN

MICHELLE
WENZEL, MS, RN, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWON

WEB WOC® Program TA’s &
Administrative Staff (in alphabetic
order):

ANNE LALLA,
BA

ALICIA MUNK,
BS

JOSHUA
ROLSTAD, BS

EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY:

Ostomy Care
Nurse Specialist Course OST581

PURPOSE OF ACTIVITY:

The purpose
of this Activity is to:

1.  Provide educational
experiences to prepare the bachelor’s prepared nurse (and beyond) to practice
Ostomy Care as a Nurse Specialist at an entry level in all care settings.

2.  Provide access to a
curriculum delivered by experienced online educators who are also Board
Certified as Ostomy Care Nurse Specialists.

3.  Increase the number of
Ostomy Care Nurse Specialists providing specialty care across the health care
settings.

4.  Provide patients with
evidence-based ostomy care.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This course
focuses on the care of the client across the lifespan who has an ostomy or
continent diversion.  Specifically, the
learner will gain knowledge of the diseases or conditions that may result in
an ostomy or continent diversion, assessment and perioperative management of
these patients. Emphasis is placed on complications of the stoma and skin,
risk assessment, prevention, identification and management. Best practice is
frequently the level of research in this field of study.  That knowledge will be presented in order
to improve the nurse’s knowledge and client outcomes.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:

Conflict of Interest Reported:

MARY MAHONEY,
MSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN: Coloplast Advisory Panel and Hollister speaker panel.

No Conflict of Interest Reported by the
Rest of the Presenters or Planning Committee. 

OFF LABEL USE:

No product
off label use will be presented during this course.

ANCC Accreditation Statement:

WEB WOC
Programs is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional
development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on
Accreditation.

REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE CONTACT HOURS

·        
Completion of all required materials

·        
Completion of 6 written assignments.

·        
Passing quizzes at 75%

·        
Passing final exam at 75%

·        
Completion of course evaluation

CONTACT HOURS

60.0

EXPIRATION DATE:

01-03-2028