MER members presenting posters at WOCN, St. Louis 2009.
Anne Blevins poster: Management of Four Patients With Complicated Entercutaneous Fistula Using Pouching System in Conjunction with Negative Pressure Therapy in a Long Term Acute Care Facility. Dea Kent with Anne.
Dea Kent with Dr. Barbara Pieper. Dr. Pieper had two poster entries: 1) Bodily Pain for Persons With and Without Venous Ulcers. 2) Peripheral Arterial Disease Related to Illicit Drug Use.
Marilyn Boyle with Dea Kent. Marilyn's poster was entitled: Acoustic pressure Wound Therapy for Debridement of Infected, Nonhealing Wounds: A Case Series.
Dea Kent with Jeremy Honaker from Lexington, Kentucky showing his poster entitled: Case Series Studying Nosocomial Pressure Ulcers in the Postoperative CABG patient.
Dr. Mikel Gray with Joy Pittman in front of her poster that was also presented in the Oral Research at WOCN conferrence. Poster entitled: Development of the Ostomy Outcome Risk Assessment Scale and the Ostomy Outcome Classification Index.
Mary Gerlach and Dea Kent in front of Mary's poster entry at WOCN. Poster entitled: Post-operative Visual Analog Scale (VAS) Results and Other Advantages Using an Ostomy Pouch Adaptor.
Monica Koch was the top MER Poster Award Winner, garnering $250.00 for the poster "Impact of WOC Nurse Role on the Pressure Ulcer Rate in a Small Community Hospital". Congratulating her is Dea Kent, President MER.
Dea Kent with Mary Arnold-Long. Mary had 3 posters at WOCN. The one entitled "Incontinence-Associated Dermatitis (IAD) in a Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) Facility: A prospective Study was the resultant of the Grant Awarded to her at the 2008 WOCN Conference. The other posters she submitted were: 1) Managing Exudative Wounds While Protecting Peri-Wound Skin and Promoting Patient Comfort Using Soft Silicone-Exudate Transfer Dressing. 2) The Use of a Collagen Alginate to Accelerate the Healing Process of Undermined and Tunneled Tissue in Conjunction with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy.
Molly Pierce standing with Dea Kent in front of her Poster entry at 2009 WOCN conference. Poster entitiled "The Use of a Native Microscaffold Collagen Dressing for the Treatment of Partial-Thickness Graft Sites.
Last Update 10/14/2009 Mideast Region of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society
