Clinician Education

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN The importance of being exposed to positive role models is critical in nurturing one’s development and growth. In nursing, it is an important element that ...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN As a CWOCN® (Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse), I have always been surprised that not everyone shared my passion about caring for and about ostomy p...

Ideally, most wound care professionals may want to prevent surgical wound dehiscence before it occurs. If clinicians prevent dehiscence, the healing process and, subsequently, the patient's ability to...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWON-AP As I am sure we are all well aware, not everyone loves wounds, ostomies, and continence as much as we do. Some nurses just do not have the passion (or des...

The digital age is upon us, like it or not, ready or not. For the past few years, payers have incentivized, encouraged, reimbursed, and adopted various digital, remote monitoring systems and devices a...

By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN After graduating with my BSN and passing the NCLEX, I was dead set on becoming the perfect ICU nurse. I am a very detail-oriented, met...

The management of wounds, especially complex and chronic wounds, is a daunting clinical challenge. Achieving progress toward wound closure often depends on the right selection of treatment modalities ...

By Terri Kolenich, RN, CWCA, AAPWCA Have you ever confronted yourself with thoughts of how your role plays into the grand scheme of wound care? I am sure any wound nurse or physician would quickly ...

September is designated as Sepsis Awareness Month, and it offers us time to reflect on the critical medical developments that have brought us to the current era of infectious disease treatment. The fi...

As a child, I did my best to teach my stuffed animals. I lined them up perfectly, and set up my little card table and chairs. I couldn’t wait to grow up and become a real teacher. Teaching what, I did...