Wound Assessment

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP When nurses hear the term moisture, they usually almost always think of urinary or fecal incontinence, or both. There are actually several other reasons why a pat...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP A common misconception by nurses is sometimes predicting nutritional status based on a resident's weight. Weight is not always a good predictor of nutritional sta...

By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP As wound care professionals, the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk® is near and dear to our hearts. With that in mind, our evidence-base...

By the WoundSource Editors Wound bed preparation is a well-established concept, and the TIME framework is the standard tool used to assist clinicians with the management of patients’ wounds through...

by the WoundSource Editors Wound infection is a complex process that can be affected by a variety of factors, some of which inhibit the ability to heal. The first stage of healing, the inflammatory...

By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM Unequal limb length (ULL) is a clinical problem that is more common than most clinicians realize and is one for which most patients are rarely evaluated. Common problems ass...

On September 1, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory regarding the pathogen Vibrio vulnificus. V. vulnificus is a rare but aggressive species of Vibrio bacteri...

Picture this: you've been seeing a patient in your wound center for the last several months to treat a slowly healing post-operative abdominal wound. The wound has been gradually responding to an asso...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC As a traveling wound care educator for physicians, I am observing many changes within the state survey process for long-term care. Wound care ...

By Aletha Tippett MD Welcome, Colton Mason, to the WoundSource blog forum. I enjoyed your opening blog on cost versus price and love your Healthcare Caffeine image. You are so correct, looking at o...