President’s Message
Welcome to the MAR WOCN website. We invite you to explore our updated features and discover how MAR WOCN can help you and your affiliate interact. If you are a prospective member, we encourage you to contact any member of the board to answer your questions. Please bookmark this page and view our updates often.
As we embrace 2012, let us continue our journey to improve communication between our affiliates, increase educational opportunities not only for our members but outreach programs for health care professionals and increase the Mid Atlantic Region membership.
What will “Health Care Reform” mean for the WOC Nurse? Will we need to redesign our practice? What will it mean for us as practitioners to have patients admitted in the acute care setting under “observation”, “admitted” and then to decrease “readmissions”? Will WOC Nurses play a more collaborative role in home care and the clinic setting? As we ponder what lies ahead, we must keep abreast of the latest legislation. The Mid Atlantic Region is vibrant, innovative and creative. I challenge you to make the following New Year’s resolution: Share one of your innovative practices with our colleagues via the website. If you have new evidence-based research, please share it with us!
Katherine Jeter, EdD, ET, shared her “BIKE” acronym with us at our fall conference. For those of you who could not attend, I would like to share it with YOU:
| B. | Be grateful for the smallest and the briefest of pleasure. Be generous with your time, your talent and your resources. Be encouraging at every opportunity. |
| I. | Inflate your tires every morning. Pump yourself up. Make your plan; review your purpose; put on your passion. |
| K. | Keep your eyes open to beauty and wonder. Kick Ass. |
| E. | Eat healthy. Exercise to energize. |
Joan Selekof
President MAR WOCN
News Headlines
| Baltimore Spring Conference Information | |
Information and registration form has been posted. | |
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WOC Nurse in Washington |
The WOCN Society is once again sponsoring the WOC Nurse in Washington program that will take place April 16-17, 2012. |
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MAR WOC Nurse of the year |
| Congratulations to Cindy Walker ! Cindy works as a WOCN in an acute care setting within the Department of Nursing Professional Development. read more... |
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MAR 2011 Fall Conference |
| 2011 MAR Fall Conference information is available. read more... |
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Job Opportunities |
| There are no job postings at this time. | |
Save the Dates! |
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MAR WOCN Conference |
October 25-28, 2012 |
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WOCN |
June 9-13, 2012 |
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