Conferences

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA At the beginning of September, I attended the National Lymphedema Network International Conference in Dallas, TX. As with most conferences it was chock-ful...

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN The signs of summer winding down are everywhere. Leaves are beginning to look 'tired', fall clothes fill the stores and 'back to school' ads are everyw...

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...

By Ronald Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H I am seeing more and more expert lecturers being disqualified from speaking at wound care conferences, simply because their qualifications include significant posit...

By Aletha Tippett MD It's How We Learn Wound Care How does one learn to care for wounds? I am a physician and a wound specialist. My medical school training included physiology of wound healing, b...

By Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP, CWOCN-AP My grandmother knew wound care. "Soak it in salt water," she'd say. "Keep it open to air!" she would emphatically declare the next day. You never ...