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(GS6) General Session - Caring for Patients: An International Perspective

  • Room: Ballroom B-C
  • Session Number:GS6
Wednesday,June 08, 2022:11:00 AM -12:00 PM
Contact Hours: 1

Speaker(s)

Speaker
Dee Waugh RN, RM
Sr.
Dee Waugh Stomaltherapy Services
Speaker
Denise Hibbert RGN, MSc, BSc(hons), DipHe, ONC, STN, FSSCRS
Senior Advisor to Director General
PNU
Moderator
Janice Colwell APRN, CWOCN, FAAN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Speaker
Kimberly LeBlanc PhD, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C), FCAN
Academic Chair
NSWOCC
Speaker
Laurent Chabal BSc (CBP), RN, OncPall (Cert), Dip (WH), ET, EAWT
Specialised Stoma Nurse and UAS Lecturer
Ensemble Hospitalier de la Côté and Geneva School of Health Science

Description

A panel of experts from Switzerland, Canada, Africa and Saudi Arabia, will discuss issues affecting the provision of care in their own country. Individuals with ostomies, wounds and continence conditions require various levels of care at various time points. The health care system affects access to care, services available, timeliness of health care provision and quality of care by qualified culturally competent providers. This presentation will identify obstacles and challenges in each country.


Specialty


Learning Outcome

Participants will have an opportunity to learn from and interact with the panel and the audience about different practices around the world in our tri specialty.