WOCNCB 45th Anniversary: A Conversation with some of our Longest Continuously Certified Nurses

03/14/23 • 44 min

To celebrate our 45th anniversary. WOCNCB President Jessica Simmons speaks with WOCNCB Certified Janice Colwell, Mary Gloeckner, Bonnie Rolstad and Ruth Bryant to highlight the specialty, inspiration to become certified and the changes in the specialty, their practice and role over the years.

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A Conversation with members of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, the 2022 Employer Recognition Award Winner!

At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles the WOCNCB Certified Nurses team serves as leaders, educators, consultants and administrators. In this episode we are joined members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center team:

Anita Girard, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer & Vice President of Nursing
Patricia “Peachy” Hain, MSN, RN, NE-BC, FACHE, Executive Director of Nursing
Annie Azor-Ocampo, MSN RN CWOCN DAPWCA, A Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse, Department of Wound and Ostomy Care
Mathew Monterola, DNP, MSN, RN, PCCN-K, Associate Director of Clinical Support Programs, SPHM, WOCN, Inpatient Diabetes Education, & Dialysis

The WOCNCB Award committee who reviewed all the nominations will interview the members of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center team.

Alex Aningalan, MSN RN CWO
Sarah Erslev, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CFCN
Holly Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP. ANCC

They discuss a variety of topics including the growth of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center WOC nursing team, leadership support for WOCNCB-certified nurses and the nomination application process.

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