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Wound Healing

How Accurate Outcomes Reporting Can Help Improve Wound Healing and Patient Care

June 8, 2017
By Amanda Steinhauser, LVN, WCC Everyone has heard the numbers; wound care costs in the United States are reported to be in excess of fifty billion dollars annually. Moreover, more than six million...

How Being a Wound Specialist Can Help You Survive a Werewolf or Vampire Bite

October 24, 2019
By Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS It’s that time of year again. For the leaves to change, all the ghouls and goblins to come alive, and for a sudden influx of sugar! After the success of...

How Diabetes Impacts Wound Healing

December 4, 2017
By the WoundSource Editors For individuals with diabetes, all wounds are a serious health concern and require careful attention. Because of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, skin cuts and blisters of...

How Obesity Impacts the Wound Healing Nutrition Plan

August 31, 2015
By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND "I know Susie Q has a stage IV pressure ulcer on her sacrum but she is obese so she certainly doesn't need any more calories." Clinicians and family member...

How Obesity Impacts Wound Healing

July 14, 2015
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Obesity has become a major problem in our society. According to the CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity, more than one-third of ad...

Identifying, Managing, and Breaking Barriers That Affect Wound Healing

February 2, 2017
By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS We hear this all too often, but it is so true: it takes a village to heal a wound. A village that's on the same page, with a thorough understanding of gaining progress a...

Inadequate Nutrition and Wound Healing

January 7, 2016
By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Congratulations to Bruce Ruben, MD, for his #1 WoundSource blog for 2015; Wound Healing: Reasons Wounds Will Not Heal. I certainly concur with Dr. Ruben th...

Keeping Them Moving: How Activity Benefits the Healing Patient

March 21, 2018
by Hy-Tape International Maintaining an active lifestyle is critical to good health; this is especially true for patients recovering from wounds or extended hospital stays. Robust activity can impr...
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