Recently, a Wound Care Certification course was held in Aloha OR and The Genesis Medical Group became the first CWCMS class (Certified Wound Care Market Specialist). The Wound Care Education Institute would like to welcome the Genesis Medical Group to the WCEI family. Congrats! For more information about becoming Wound Care Certified or a CWCMS…
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Test Your Pressure Ulcer Staging Skills
Recently, we have been posting some Assessment skills related articles and WCEI co-founder, Donna Sardina RN, uploaded a slide presentation to Test Your Pressure Ulcer Staging Skills. Go ahead and click on over to see how you do. Warning: The Presentation contains graphic photos For more information about becoming Wound Care Certified, check out WCEI.net…
Wound Care Dressings: Hydrogel Dressings
In our day to day practices of wound care we deal with many types of wound care dressings. Today we will focus on Hydrogel Dressings. Description A three-dimensional network of hydrophilic polymers containing varying percentages of water, that bind great volumes of liquid due to the presence of hydrophilic residues. Hydrophilic properties enable them to…
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 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 Alliance of Wound Care® provides the WCC® exam. Click here to…
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
Bacteria and the Wound Bed (Short Video)
We have bacteria on our skin. As Donna Sardina RN states, “Every Square Inch of our body has 32 Million Bacteria on it”. Some of the bacteria on our skin and some of it is bad and when a wound is developed, that bacteria enters the wound and eventually competes for the oxygen and nutrients…
Donna Sardina talks about updates to WCEI Manual
Donna Sardina RN of the Wound Care Education Institute is briefly interviewed by Nancy Morgan RN. Donna gives us a sneak peak at the next update to the WCEI Manual which will include product updates, newly added Pediatric Wound Care Information as well as Home Health concentration. Information about Wound Care Certification course by WCEI…
