New Brunswick Wound, Ostomy and Continence Summit

Objectives

Engaging patients, health care administration, government and academic decision makers, senior nurses from the community and continuing care, and Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence (NSWOCs) to:

1. ​Update decision makers on best practices in wound, ostomy, and continence within New Brunswick.

2. Evaluate patients’ experience living with an ostomy in New Brunswick versus other provinces.

3. Determine the economic burden for people living with an ostomy through the review of the ostomy impact study.

4. Provide information on the value of a wound, ostomy and continence tri-specialty to support patient-centred improvements.