Wound Documentation

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...

Scope of Practice and Standards of Practice guide nurses and other members of the interprofessional wound care team in caring for patients with wounds. Documentation in the medical record is a key asp...

By Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN.ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Documentation is a huge part of our practice as wound care nurses. It is how we take credit for the care we provide to our patients and how we e...

By Aletha Tippett MD We are supposed to check a wound every week and measure length, width and depth. These measurements should be getting smaller if the wound is healing, and we need to see improv...

When assessing and documenting a wound, it is important to note the amount and type of wound exudate (drainage). Using our senses is a large part of the initial wound assessment, followed by accurate ...

By Janis E. Harrison, RN, BSN, CWOCN, CFCN As I was pushed from the room where my husband was coding, I was met by a tiny little nun, we'll call Sister. She tried to move me to a waiting area nearb...