Employer Recognition Award

2025 Employer Recognition Award Winner

UAB Hospital - Birmingham, Alabama

Congratulations to the 2025 Employer Recognition Award winner UAB Hospital – Birmingham, Alabama. The award was presented during the 2025 WOCNext® Conference in Orlando, Florida at the WOCNCB booth. Pictured below is the WOCNCB® certified UAB WOC Teams. View poster and names here.

Click here to read the winning 2025 nomination essay.

Awards and Grants

The WOCNCB's Awards Program supports the mission to:

Promote the highest standard of consumer care and safety by providing credentialing in the areas of wound, ostomy, continence and foot care nursing.

The award includes the following:

  • Award plaque presented to a representative of the winning organization at the WOCN® Society Annual Conference.
  • Announcement of winning organization on the WOCNCB website.
  • A press release sent to WOCNCB media contacts, and a press release to be used by the organization.

Applications are due no later than February 15th.

Click here to learn how to nominate your outstanding employer.

Past WOCNCB® Employer Recognition Award Winners

2024
NCH Healthcare System – Naples, Florida

2023
Northside Hospital – Atlanta, Georgia

2022
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, California

2021
Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

2020
St. Charles Health System in Bend, Oregon

2019
Christiana Care Health System in Newark, Delaware

2018
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2017
Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, South Carolina

2016
Appalachian Regional Healthcare System in Boone, North Carolina

2015
Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Georgia

2014
VNA Care Network and Hospice in Denvers, Massachusetts

2013
Clarinda Regional Health Center in Clarinda, Iowa

2012
Community Memorial Healthcenter in South Hill, Virginia

2011
Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, North Carolina

2010
Iowa Health Home Care in Clive, Iowa

2009
JA Haley Veterans Administration Medical Center in Tampa, Florida

2008
The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey

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