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EVENT SCHEDULE

WOCNext is an annual event hosted by WOCN that educates and inspires healthcare professionals from around the world on what’s new, what’s needed, and what’s next in wound, ostomy, continence, foot, and nail care. As the only educational event of the year hosted by healthcare professionals for healthcare professionals, WOCNext delivers all the newest evidence-based education, value-packed professional development, and an inclusive experience that unlocks the power of community. Open to everyone, WOCNext provides a safe and welcoming environment for attendees to dedicate their hearts and minds to learning and growing as professionals and advancing their practice for patients everywhere. 

*This is a Preliminary Event Schedule. Session titles, descriptions, and speakers are all subject to change by the WOCN Society.

Saturday, June 03, 12:00 PM PDT - 6:30 PM PDT

Registration Open

Room: Summit Pre-Function

Saturday, June 03, 2:00 PM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

Poster Set Up

Room: Summit Ballroom

Saturday, June 03, 4:00 PM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

First Time Attendee Meet & Greet

Room: Forum Ballroom 111

Saturday, June 03, 5:00 PM PDT - 6:30 PM PDT

Welcome Networking Reception

Room: Forum Ballroom Pre-Function

Sunday, June 04, 7:00 AM PDT - 8:30 AM PDT

WOCN Region & Affiliate Breakfast Meetings

Room: Linq Hotel

Sunday, June 04, 8:00 AM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

Registration Open

Room: Summit Pre-Function

Sunday, June 04, 8:30 AM PDT - 6:15 PM PDT

Poster Viewing

Room: Summit Ballroom

Sunday, June 04, 9:00 AM PDT - 9:45 AM PDT

Grand Opening

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Sunday, June 04, 9:45 AM PDT - 10:45 AM PDT

(GS1) General Session - Opening Keynote: Bring Your Soul To Work

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Sunday, June 04, 10:55 AM PDT - 11:55 AM PDT

(GS2) General Session - Skin Tone Assessment: Integrity Disruptions and Diversity

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Sunday, June 04, 12:10 PM PDT

(S01) Peristomal Skin Assessment Guide (PSAG): Using the Updated PSAG Algorithm

Room: Forum Ballroom 114

(S02) Assessing Irritant Contact Dermatitis due to Urinary and Fecal Incontinence in Varying Skin Tones

Room: Forum Ballroom 118

(S03) Convexity Characteristics: Understanding them all (even Tension Location)!

Room: Forum Ballroom 122

Sunday, June 04, 1:55 PM PDT

(200) Transgender Approach in WOC Nursing

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(201) Vasopressors and Pressure Injury Risk in the Critically Ill

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(202) Value of the WOC Nurse: How Do You Measure Up?

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Sunday, June 04, 3:05 PM PDT

(203) Lab Interpretation for WOC Nursing Practice

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(204) Urinary Diversion and Post-Op Convexity

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(205) Fecal Incontinence: Fact, Fiction and Fears

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Sunday, June 04, 4:15 PM PDT - 6:15 PM PDT

Exhibit Hall Opening Reception

Room: Summit Ballroom

Sunday, June 04, 5:05 PM PDT - 5:35 PM PDT

(IH01) Maintaining Optimal Skin Health Under Barrier Adhesives

Monday, June 05, 7:00 AM PDT

(S04) Convexity TODAY

Room: Social A, Linq Hotel

(S05) T.I.M.E. to Choose: Select Your Patient’s Wound Treatment Plan Using the T.I.M.E. Clinical Decision Support Tool

Room: Social B/C, Linq Hotel

Monday, June 05, 8:00 AM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

Registration Open

Room: Summit Pre-Function

Monday, June 05, 8:30 AM PDT - 5:15 PM PDT

Poster Viewing

Room: Summit Ballroom

Monday, June 05, 8:45 AM PDT

(300) Mikel Gray Lecture: Building On Our Legacy, Ensuring Our Future

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(301) Culturing Wounds with the Intent to Treat: Infection Identification, Specimen Collection, and Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Treatment

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(302) Nocturia & Adult Nocturnal Enuresis: Urology and Beyond

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Monday, June 05, 9:55 AM PDT - 11:25 AM PDT

(GS3) General Session - What's Next in Research: Abstract Presentations & Poster Merit Awards

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Monday, June 05, 11:25 AM PDT - 2:25 PM PDT

Exhibit Hall & Posters

Room: Summit Ballroom

Monday, June 05, 11:55 AM PDT - 12:25 PM PDT

(IH02) Hot Topics and Tips for Successful Instillation Therapy Setup: Understanding Dressing Innovations and New Indication Updates

Monday, June 05, 12:30 PM PDT - 1:00 PM PDT

(IH03) Leading With Innovation In Convexity

Monday, June 05, 1:05 PM PDT - 1:35 PM PDT

(IH04) The Power of UP!: Exudate Moving Against Gravity

Monday, June 05, 1:40 PM PDT - 2:10 PM PDT

(IH05) An Evidence-based Therapeutic Approach for the Management of Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

Monday, June 05, 2:35 PM PDT

(303) Perspectives on Patient Disclosure: How To Talk With Patients & Families When Things Go Wrong

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(304) Improving the Self Care Management Skills of Patients with Diabetes to prevent the Diabetic Foot Ulcer

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(305) Pharmacology to Promote Bladder Control Across the Lifespan

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Monday, June 05, 2:35 PM PDT - 4:05 PM PDT

(306) Adding Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation to Your Skill Set: A Didactic and Hands-On Workshop

Room: 415

Monday, June 05, 3:45 PM PDT

(307) Pharmacology for WOC Nurses: Addressing Infection with Antimicrobial Stewardship in Mind

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(309) Are We There Yet? Navigating the Economic Road in Home Health

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Monday, June 05, 3:45 PM PDT - 5:15 PM PDT

(308) Planning Care for Not so Common Conundrums in the Patient with an Ostomy

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Tuesday, June 06, 7:00 AM PDT

(S06) Why Wait? See the Wound Healing and Economic Difference with Early Initiation of Instillation Therapy in the Hospital Setting

Room: Social B/C, Linq Hotel

(S07) Hopeless, Helpless, and Out of Gas: Mental Health and Well Being with Ostomy Surgery

Room: Social A, Linq Hotel

Tuesday, June 06, 8:00 AM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

Registration Open

Room: Summit Pre-Function

Tuesday, June 06, 8:30 AM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

Poster Viewing

Room: Summit Ballroom

Tuesday, June 06, 8:45 AM PDT - 9:45 AM PDT

WOCN Business Meeting

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Tuesday, June 06, 9:55 AM PDT

(400) Barbara Braden Lecture: Where Are We With Repositioning for Pressure Injury Prevention?

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(401) Management of IBD in Young Patients

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

(402) Strange Butt True: Red Butt Pediatrics

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

Tuesday, June 06, 9:55 AM PDT - 11:25 AM PDT

(403) Fistula Hands-On Workshop

Room: 415

Tuesday, June 06, 11:05 AM PDT

(404) Wounds: They're Not Just Typical

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(405) Pediatric Ostomies: They Are Not Your Grandma's Stoma

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

(406) Red Butt: What's the Differential Diagnoses?

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

Tuesday, June 06, 12:05 PM PDT - 2:35 PM PDT

Exhibit Hall & Posters

Room: Summit Ballroom

Tuesday, June 06, 12:35 PM PDT - 1:05 PM PDT

(IH06) Venous Leg Ulcers and Other Lower Leg Wounds

Tuesday, June 06, 1:00 PM PDT - 2:30 PM PDT

Meet the Poster Authors

Room: Summit Ballroom

Tuesday, June 06, 1:10 PM PDT - 1:40 PM PDT

(IH07) Explore Technologies and Applications to Treat Hard to Heal Wounds in the Post-Acute Setting

Tuesday, June 06, 1:45 PM PDT - 2:15 PM PDT

(IH08) Using Surface Testing Standards to Help Achieve Your Clinical Objectives

Tuesday, June 06, 2:45 PM PDT - 3:45 PM PDT

(GS4) General Session - Finally Some Answers: What's New, What's Needed, What's Next in Ostomy Care

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Tuesday, June 06, 3:55 PM PDT

(407) An RCT on the Effectiveness of Support Surface Microclimate Management in Preventing Pressure Injuries for People with Moisture Risk Factors

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(408) Determining the Standard of Care as a WOC Nurse Expert

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(409) Caring for the Unhoused

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Tuesday, June 06, 6:30 PM PDT - 8:30 PM PDT

WOCN Fellows Gala

Room: Wheel House at The LINQ Promenade

Wednesday, June 07, 7:00 AM PDT - 8:15 AM PDT

(S08) Transforming Your Practice with a New Indication, Techniques, and Strategies to Heal Complicated Wounds: A Case-Based Panel Discussion

Room: Social A, Linq Hotel

Wednesday, June 07, 8:00 AM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT

Registration Open

Room: Summit Pre-Function

Wednesday, June 07, 8:30 AM PDT - 12:30 PM PDT

Poster Viewing

Room: Summit Ballroom

Wednesday, June 07, 8:45 AM PDT

(500) WOC-ing You Through Recertification Through the Professional Growth Program (PGP)

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

(501) Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Developing Analytical-based HAPI Prevention Plan

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(502) Managing Urinary Incontinence in Acute and Critical Care

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Wednesday, June 07, 9:55 AM PDT

(503) Managing a Difficult Stoma

Room: Alliance Ballroom 310

(504) A Burning Issue: Burn Assessment and Treatment

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

(505) Skin Color Awareness in Skin Assessment and the Need For Early Detection in Darker Skin Tones

Room: Alliance Ballroom 303

Wednesday, June 07, 11:05 AM PDT - 11:50 AM PDT

(GS5) General Session - Fueling Change with the Power of YOU!!

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Wednesday, June 07, 11:50 AM PDT - 12:20 PM PDT

Grand Finale

Room: Academy Ballroom 410

Wednesday, June 07, 12:30 PM PDT - 1:30 PM PDT

Poster Pick Up

Room: Summit Ballroom

Wednesday, June 07, 1:00 PM PDT - 5:00 PM PDT

(506) Debridement Hands-On Workshop

Room: 415