Post-Ostomy Continuing Care

Guest Bio: Mary Gloeckner, RN

Mary Gloeckner has been a Certified Ostomy/Wound Nurse Specialist for 40 years, completing her Enterostomal Therapy education at MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1976.   She received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from the University of Iowa in 1975 and her Master’s in Nursing from the University of Wisconsin in 1979.  She was the 1st Certified Ostomy Nurse at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics pioneering in 1976.  She lives in Moline, IL where she has been the Ostomy/Wound Specialist at a 500-bed community hospital for 33 years.  She has been a member of the WOCN, World Council of Enterostomal Therapists, and Friends of Ostomates for 40 years.  She served on the WOCN Certification Board from 2010-2014, and has been a member of the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel since 2011.   She is Proud of her 3 children, who are all professionals in the medical field.   Mary was chosen as the 2016 “Ostomy Nurse of the Year for the US” and will receive her Award at the WOCN Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada in June.