During this episode of WOCTalk, Dr. Kevin Emmons sits down with Dr. Barbara Pieper of Wayne State University. Current Professor and Interim Associate Dean, Dr. Pieper also has a long history of providing chronic wound care to person who inject drugs (PWID). She recently presented two sessions at the WOCN Society’s Annual Conference, “Wounds Among Persons Who Inject Drugs” and “Opioid Crisis and the WOC Nurse Role”. Both sessions covered information related to drug related wounds, opioid usage and the WOC nurses’ role.
Interested in learning more about PWID or the opioid crisis and the WOC nurses’ role? View Dr. Pieper’s full conference sessions from the Society’s 50th Annual Conference in Philadelphia:
Want to review more sessions from the 50th Annual Conference? The full conference library is available for purchase. Choose from the entire package, or individual sessions here.
WOCN Society Accreditation Statement
The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
The Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses Society is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15115.