Wound Healing

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, DAPWCA, FACCWS, CLTC – Wound Educator With the millions of people living with chronic wounds, there are also millions of people living with cardiovascular di...

By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN There is a traveler coming to your hospital who will only be working for 13 weeks, eight weeks or however long the facility needs that nurse. As a nurse working in t...

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,...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD Little has been shown by specific randomized controlled trials to effectively speed the healing of a non-healing wound. Biologically, the human body is capable of healing once ...

by the WoundSource Editors The human skin microbiome is incredibly diverse and can contain up to one billion microorganisms on a single square centimeter, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and a...

By the WoundSource Editors The periwound is as important as the wound. As clinicians, we should carefully assess the wound bed, but we need to remember also to assess the periwound and surrounding ...

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN Bloggers usually do not begin their discussion by admitting they are not well versed in the topic they have selected for their blog. But I openly admit...