Many of us will eventually take on a caregiver role in one form or another. According to the 2020 update, the number of family caregivers in the United States increased by 9.5 million between 2015 and...
I’m sure we’ve all hit that point in our wound care careers where we’ve had that one patient who’s wound just doesn’t seem to respond to any treatment. You’ve tried everything that you can think of—st...
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS
Thinking about becoming a certified wound care professional? If you have been researching your options, you may have come away more confused than ever. ...
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN
Looking back on a previous New England WOCN Society regional conference I attended, it strikes me that there where several impressive items discussed relating to t...
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC
As a wound care consultant, I receive many requests to conduct ongoing in-services of various topics with "all" nursing staff. This request is...
Dr. Scott Bolhack, MD, MBA, CMD, CWS, FACP, FAAP, shares the issues and complexities he's seen in patient transitions across care settings like post-acute hospital and hospice care. Through the "Wound...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data tracker, in the United States alone, effective the second week of March 2022, the death toll is just over 963,000—many lives have...
The malodor that emanates from some wounds has been recognized throughout human history, as starkly demonstrated in the ancient Greek play named after the principal character, Philoctetes. Written by ...
Thanoon Thabet, BSN, RN, WTA-C
Chronic wound pain is a complicated condition with both physical and psychological aspects. The magnitude of pain is usually contingent on the depth of the wound and...