Linda Baich, MN, RN, Instructor, Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada.
Donna Wilson, PhD, RN, Professor & Caritas Nurse Scientist, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Greta G. Cummings, PhD, RN, Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Corresponding author: Linda Baich, MN, RN, 5312–38 St, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada AB T4T 1V5 ([email protected]).
Editor's Note: As noted by the authors, the Canadian Nurses Association has recently recognized wound, ostomy and continence nursing as a specialty nursing practice. In Canada, the official designation is ET Nurse. That designation has been preserved in this article.
