The New Jersey Wound Care Certification Initiative was developed with the intent of significantly reducing the incidence and severity of pressure ulcers among patients and residents in New ...
Category Archives: Wound Care Certified Nurse
Lower Extremity Ulcers: What are the costs?
What do you think the average costs are for treating a lower extremity ulcer? $10,000? $20,000? $30,000? What would you say if the costs were actually averaging $40,000 for the treatment of just one lower extremity ulcer? Hard to believe huh? Take a look at this video below as Donna Sardina RN briefly describes the costs of lower extremity ulcers.
Wound Care Nurse, Connie Johnson RN WCC weighs in on WCEI
Wound Care Nurse Connie Johnson RN, WCC recently dropped into a Wound Care Certification Course being held by the Wound Care Education Institute and gave us her thoughts on the Wound Care Certification program by WCEI. Watch the video below to listen to her thoughts about WCEI.
WOUND CARE CERTIFICATION COURSE
Our Skin and Wound Management Course is designed to provide participants with the best practices in wound care, the science behind healing wounds, and the most current standards of practice. At the end of the course, for those that pursue wound certification the National ...
Xtrasorb , Product Demo at SAWC
http://www.blog.wcei.net WCEI co-founder Nancy Morgan RN, had a chance to browse the Vendor Exhibit at SAWC and met up with Dave from Derma Sciences who gave a demo of Xtrasorb. Take a look at the video below for an explanation and demo of the dressing
How do we protect ourselves, legally?
Cindy Broadus RN and Nancy Morgan RN briefly discuss how to protect yourself legally. As Wound Care Certified Nurses and Professionals , we want to practice with peace of mind. Knowing ahead of time how to protect ourselves is half the battle. Document, document document!
Wound Care Seminar (WOW 2009 Pt 2)
Yesterday was a preview of September 10, 2009 and the Pre-Conference Sessions for this year's Wild on Wounds Conference. Below are some descriptions of the sessions for Friday September 11, 2009. We have some awesome speakers and interesting sessions lined ...
Wound Care Seminar (WOW 2009 Pt 1)
So this year's Wild on Wounds Conference is being held in the exciting city of Las Vegas Nevada from September 10-12, 2009! The conference is packed with valuable information and sessions that will support and further you wound care knowledge. New friendships are made and the ...
Social Media and Wound Care
Here you are reading this blog on WCEI.net about wound care. Whats all the buzz about Social Media anyway? For that matter what is Social Media and how do you use it? In short it is interacting with one another. Being social is ...
What Caused the wound in the first place?
So you think your assessment skills are top notch? You say you can differentiate the types of wounds you encounter daily? What about the causes of these wounds? As a wound care certified nurse, therapist, or physician, we should be looking at more than just the wound. ...
