What Is Cwon

The Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON) certification certifies that an RN has the skill level and expertise to care for patients who have wounds and/or digestive, urinary and skin disorders and may be having issues with their ostomy (an artificial opening in an organ of the body).

What does CWON mean?

Certified Wound Ostomy Nurse (CWON)

What does a Wocn do?

The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) is a clinician-based, professional organization whose members treat individuals with wounds, ostomies, and incontinence; and are committed to cost-effective, outcome-based, health care (WOCN & Wound, Ostomy Continence Nursing Certification Board [WOCNCB], 2008).

Robert Thorne

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