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The Importance of Nutrition in Healing: Lessons Learned From Scurvy

July 29, 2022
The role of nutrition in wound healing has been heavily explored since the early part of the 20th century. Addressing the proper balance of both macronutrients and micronutrients is a crucial part of ...

The Importance of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing

February 13, 2020
As you may have already heard, the World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as the year of the nurse and midwife. The WHO has informed us that in order to achieve universal health coverage ...

The Issue of Noncompliance in Wound Care Patients

January 21, 2022
Dealing with patients who either can’t or won’t participate in their care can be a challenge for health care providers across all settings. In wound care, this lack of participation can result in grea...

The Issue of Noncompliance in Wound Care Patients: Part 2: Strategies for Wound Care Clinicians

August 19, 2022
Dealing with patients who can’t or won’t participate in their care can be a challenge for health care providers across all settings. In wound care, this lack of participation can result in great finan...

The Power of Laughter Can Help Heal All Wounds

July 30, 2014
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC I have been referred to as the "crazy wound nurse" by many of my co-workers and patients throughout the years. I've been known to dance, sing,...

The Shortcomings of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Wound Care Research

February 12, 2014
By Ron Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H The Primary Issues with Systematic Reviews My contribution to this column is very much overdue. Among other things, I have spent much of my time this past 12 months ...

The Top Resources for Wound Care Clinicians

July 30, 2014
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Staying up-to-date with the latest in wound care can be challenging, given that there are new treatments being developed, research being reviewed, updat...

Timely Wound Care: The Birth of the Triage System

April 4, 2023
Christine Miller, DPM, PhD, CWSP, FACCWS War has often been the driver of medical innovations; the battlefield has been the birthplace of many advancements that have shaped modern health care. One ...

Tips for Depression Screening in Patients with Delayed Wound Healing

April 16, 2021
By Ryan Cummings, FNP, CWS Although the impact of depression on all aspects of health and healing is well known and has been researched in progressively greater detail over the last decade, the rol...

Unavoidable Skin Breakdown Versus Pressure Injury: Continued Discussions

April 22, 2022
Pressure injuries (PIs) typically are the result of unrelieved pressure, shear, or force. In an inpatient or hospital setting, interventions are put into place to prevent pressure injuries based on ev...
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