September 23, 2022
A colleague of mine once stated there are basically two fundamentals to healing wounds: a healthy patient and a healthy wound environment. Once those are accomplished, topical treatments will not make that big of a difference.
September 13, 2021
Having worked in the home health industry for almost 10 years, I learned a lot about how to maximize my impact with wound care patients. I’ve also learned how to help the home health agency become financially efficient and still have good wound healing outcomes. My goal is to share some general insights on how […]
August 25, 2021
As a wound care clinician, you may be consulted on burn wounds. Here, we provide a solid working knowledge of how to manage these wounds.
August 4, 2021
To help you grow in your wound care skills, we review wound physiology and the clinicians’ role during each of the stages of wound healing.
March 26, 2021
When it comes to the cost of wound care treatment and products, spending more doesn’t always equate to best practice or the best results.
October 14, 2020
Learn the difference between non-weightbearing and offloading when referring to the treatment of diabetic and neuropathic ulcers and pressure injuries.
September 30, 2020
In this series, we are featuring Types of Dressings. As Wound Care Certified professionals, we should be aware of the types of wound care dressings that are available to us to treat the patients in our care. Wound Care Dressings come in various shapes, sizes and have indications for their use. Hydrogels
September 24, 2020
How many times have you wondered, or questioned, whether an ordered wound treatment was appropriate? I would not be not surprised if you said, “More often than I would like.” Unfortunately, that is the reality for wound care specialists today. According to a 2018 BMJ Open article, nurse researchers found an overuse of wound treatments […]
September 9, 2020
Collagen wound dressings can stimulate the growth of new tissue in the wound bed by promoting deposition and organization of new collagen fibers.
September 2, 2020
A patient’s core body temperature must be above 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit and below 107.6 for wound healing to occur. The loss of moisture from any surface by evaporation is accompanied by cooling of the surface. So, as wound tissues lose moisture, a cooling effect occurs resulting in lower wound temperature. Even a decrease of only […]