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Laurie L. Mcnichol

Laurie L. Mcnichol MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN

Nursing
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States of America

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Laurie McNichol is a Master’s prepared geriatric nurse practitioner and a certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse. She has specialized in WOC nursing for 26 years; the first 8 in acute care, and the next 13 in the home health setting where she served as the Director of Practice and Quality in a large, multi-site, multi-state agency. Five years ago Laurie returned to bedside clinical practice in the role of a Clinical Nurse Specialist/WOC nurse in an acute care setting.
Laurie was the President of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board and later served as the President of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) from 2001-2005. She was elected to the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s Board of Directors in 2007 and served as their President from 2011 to 2012. She is still active as a Past President in both organizations. Laurie has numerous publications and is an internationally known lecturer on skin and wound care, ostomy care, and professional practice for the WOC Nurse.
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