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Holly M. Hovan, MSN, APRN, GERO-BC, CWOCN-AP

6 Ideas for Virtual Wound Care Education

January 21, 2021
By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP The third Thursday in November is a highly recognized day within many hospital systems and wound care programs. This day is recognized nationally as ...

A Wound Care Carnival: Making Pressure Injury Prevention and Wound Care Fun

February 7, 2020
Education is key in sustained positive outcomes and it is the first step in understanding pressure injury prevention, for both patients and staff. It's very difficult to hold people accountable for so...

Accurately Identifying Wound Etiology by Tissue Type and Appearance

October 22, 2020
Identifying wound etiology before initiating topical treatment is important. Additionally, correctly documenting wound etiology is significant in health care settings for many reasons. Accurate docume...

Adhesive Alternatives to Prevent Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI)

July 22, 2022
“Top-down skin injury” is an increasingly common term used to describe superficial cutaneous injury. These injuries result from damage beginning at the skin’s surface or soft tissue. In contrast, “bot...

Assessing Wound Tissue and Drainage Types: Slough Versus Purulence

February 18, 2021
By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP Wound assessment is one of the initial steps in determining the plan of care, changes in treatment, and the choice of key players in wound management...

Calciphylaxis: Prevention and Treatment of a Rare Disease

June 2, 2017
By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWON-AP In patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD), there is a decreased renal clearance that causes an increase in phosphorus, then calcium, in the body. El...

Classification and Management of Fistulas

February 15, 2018
By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP A fistula is an abnormal opening between two areas that typically shouldn't be connected, or with an epithelialized tract. An example is an opening from the bowel...

Comparing Alginate and Gelling Fiber Dressings

August 3, 2017
By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP As wound care clinicians, we are aware that part of the process of consulting requires a comprehensive wound assessment, looking at wound characteristics, causati...

Critical Components to Encourage Wound Healing: Basing Treatment on Etiology

May 18, 2021
Wound care and healing require an evidenced-based, interprofessional approach, following standards of care, and treating the whole patient, not just the hole in the patient. Often, wound care clinicia...

Empowering and Engaging Nurses Through a Nurse-Driven Skin Tear Protocol

January 17, 2019
Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Payne and Martin brought skin tears to the attention of wound and skin specialists and to the wound care community when they reported an incidence rate ...
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