Paula Erwin Toth, RN, MSN, FAAN
WOC nurse
November is National Family Caregiver Month. Family caregivers are the unsung heroes of the health care team. Without their loving care, hard work, and dedication our health care delivery system would crash and burn. They are the...
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC
It is 2018, and health care professionals around the world are still debating what to call skin damage. I totally immersed myself in wound care because of losing my 47-year-old mother to what was then called "decubitus ulcers...
By Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP
Wound, ostomy, continence (WOC) nurses wear many hats. A significant role that we play is that of an educator, both with our patients and with our staff. I'm sure we've all heard "How on earth did you ever get interested in wounds?...
