Amy M. O’Donnell, RN, BSN, CWOCN, a Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse with Franciscan Health Dyer

Get to know Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse, Amy M. O’Donnell, who serves patients in Dyer, Indiana.

Amy is a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse who is currently affiliated with Franciscan Health Dyer – a full-service hospital offering 24-hour emergency care, heart and vascular services, and complete surgical services in Dyer, Indiana. Since 1898, Franciscan Health Dyer has stayed true to its founding mission to care for everyone who comes through their doors. 

During her academic career, she earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois in 2000. She then went on to earn her Master of Science in Nursing degree from Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2016. 

A member of the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and the Northern Illinois Wound Care Association, Amy attributes her success to her love of the field, her education, her ability to provide quality patient care, her ability to listen to patients’ needs, as well as her strive to make a difference. Her grandmother, who was always taking care of people, also inspired Amy to get into the field of nursing.

Wound, ostomy, and continence nursing is a nursing specialty involved with the treatment of patients with acute and chronic wounds, patients with an ostomy (those who have had some kind of bowel or bladder diversion), and patients with incontinence conditions (those with issues of bladder control, bowel control, and associated skin care). Nurses in this specialty use evidence-based knowledge and skills to manage the care of patients, whose needs can often be complex.

Learn More About Amy M. O’Donnell:

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