Clinician Education

A client walks into the law firm and states that a family member has suffered from unfair treatment and, as a result, acquired a pressure injury while in the hospital. The firm gathers the information...

Mary R Brennan, RN, MBA, CWON Inquisitive nurses have questioned the status quo and challenged the current standards available at the time. They believed there was an improvement that could be made...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC It is kind of funny to me, but we all tend to first take a gander at the alphabet soup on badges or business cards. But I ask you this, "Is th...

By Fabiola Jimenez, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN I recently celebrated 30 years in nursing and completed my fourth year as a certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse. Since I took my current position in ...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN Regardless of your job title or scope of practice, being a professional nurse is hard work. Nursing is not a job for the faint of heart. In fact, nursing i...

By Cheryl Carver LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC I tell everyone that long-term care is the toughest arena for a wound consultant. However, it can also be the most rewarding. The focus o...

Editor's Note: In this interview, Ronald Sherman, DPM, MBA, and Christopher Abularrage, MD, address the steps they take to treat infected diabetic foot wounds of varying degrees, including those with ...

By: Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP Every year, on the first Saturday of October, we celebrate ostomy awareness day. This is a significant day. Ostomies truly are lifesavers for so man...

Pain has been a prevalent health care challenge in the United States for some time, with data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that approximately 16% of men and 20% of women...

Part 1 in a series discussing the challenges and opportunities in patient/family education By Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS Mr. Gillan is a 72 year old man with venous insufficiency. He ...