Dates / Locations for Meetings
Our affiliate meetings are scheduled in the months of Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, and Nov.
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Current Officers |
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| President | Melanie Karner, BA, BSN, DNC, CWOCN |
| Treasurer | Leslie Whitney BS, RN, CWOCN |
| Secretary | Melissa Venker BSN, RN, CWOCN |
| Past-President | Molly Lemanski, BS, RN, ONC, CWOCN |
| To contact us, please use our contact form. | |
Our affiliate meetings are scheduled in the months of Jan, Mar, May, July, Sept, and Nov.
• Click here to see more about continuing education offers from the DC affiliate you may want to share with your staff. Thanks!
• Mercy Medical Center has a full time WOC nurse position available. Please let me know of any job opportunities you are aware of locally.
The Baltimore Affiliate continues to collaborate to provide fellow nurses, the community, and health care organizations with educational programs, volunteer work, and resources related to WOC nursing. We gladly welcome any health care professional to our meetings to discover the opportunities, benefits, clinical expertise, and the gratification of being a WOC nurse. Please contact us if you are interested!
Kindly,
Melanie
BA Affiliate President 2021
The Baltimore Affiliate represents a diverse group of committed nurses certified in wound, ostomy, continence and foot care. Our membership includes novice and expert WOC nurses with over 40 years of focused practice. Several WTA cohorts have been initiated by active Baltimore WOC Nurses. A variety of practice settings are represented within our group including:
The Greater Baltimore Affiliate is involved in local ostomy support group leadership, CCFA, UOAA, and external mission trips. Members are actively engaged at the regional level including officers, fundraising, educational functions, and WOC nursing policy. Focused interests include transitions in ostomy care, cultural implications for the WOC Nurse, and advancing the practice by “passing it forward” opportunities from our seasoned members.
The Greater Baltimore Affiliate of the WOCN Society advances the practice of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing by promoting the professional growth of our members through collaboration, communication, and advanced education with the goal of providing the highest standards of care for persons with wounds, ostomies or incontinence and their families/caregivers who support them.
Happy August Everyone!
Please support the Greater Baltimore Ostomy Association’s Team for Ostomy Awareness Day on October 2nd. If you want a T-shirt, place your order soon because the price goes up by $5 after August 6th. Info is below, along with the link to register with our team, the GREATER BALTIMORE OSTOMY OLYMPIANS !!
Kudos to Cindy Shephard for everything she does for the GBOA! If you haven’t heard, the GBOA will be sponsoring an Ostomy Products Fair at Austin Pharmacy.
Cindy had also finalized the very valuable Ostomy Nurse Resource List for the Affiliate- view the file.
Friends,
As an affiliated support group of the UOAA, the Greater Baltimore Ostomy Association is absolutely delighted to announce that we now have 20 certified visitors available to offer support to your patients who will have or have just had ostomy surgery. The purpose of the visit is to offer reassurance, help renew self-confidence and provide connections to community resources. There is truly no substitute for the visual proof provided by an individual who has learned to live well with an ostomy.
Visitors can meet your patient at home, in a mutually agreeable neutral location or in the hospital. (An understanding of HIPAA is part of the training.) We cover the metropolitan Baltimore area and surrounding counties, including Carroll and Anne Arundel. A telephone call is also an option.
Our visitors range in age from 37 to 60+. When requesting a visitor, please provide as much information as you can about the patient so we can match up a compatible visitor:
Please note that if the visit is to take place in a hospital, the surgeon must consent to the visit.
Requests for visitors should be directed to Cindy Shephard, greaterbaltimoreostomyassoc@gmail.com or 443-840-7965.
We look forward to your referrals and the opportunity to provide this very valuable peer support! click here for our Flyer
Kind regards,
Cindy
Cynthia Shephard, MSN, RN, CWOCN