Your Business Name (if applicable): Midwest Wound and Ostomy Care Centers

Please describe your business: We are a wound and ostomy care clinic which provides expert wound and ostomy consultations and care to all clients in all settings. Our staff consists of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians who are board-certified in Wound Care and ostomy care. We offer an outpatient clinic with extended and weekend hours and an outreach program in which we take our services to the client in any setting.

Street Address: 3520 Guion Rd.

City: Indianapolis

State: Indiana

E-Mail: paige@mwocc.com

Homepage Address: http://www.mwocc.com/

What type of business or categories under which you would like to be listed: Wound care Ostomy care

Contact person(s): K. Paige Brinegar

Phone number: 866-66-MWOCC (69622)

Fax number: 317-297-2777

In what date (month/year) did you start your business?: 7/01

What kind of nursing do you do?: Rehab nursing, home health, Wound Care, ostomy and continence nursing x 6 years

How did you hear about the Nurse Entrepreneur Homesite?: on the net

How many years have you been practicing as a nurse: 6

Professional organizations you belong to: CAPNI, ANA, ISNA, WOCN, ADA,

What made you decide to start your own business?: To provide excellent wound and ostomy care and health promotion to all clients in any setting. Other clinics do not meet all the needs nor do they focus in health promotion and illness prevention.

Employment changes in career?: 5

What specific qualities and traits do you feel make nurses especially qualified to operate a business?: They are more attuned to clients' needs in a holistic manner.

Where do you work?: Yes, as an NP in my clinic

Your most pressing concerns with the profession and healthcare: Increased recognition for NPs for insurance reimbursement and nurses referring to other nurses.

Other areas of interest and expertise: Indigent care

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