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Six Things Your Mother Never Told You About Wound Care

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Submitted by Emily Greenstein on January 2nd, 2019
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Palliative Care, Wound Care, Wound Care 101, Nutrition
Wound Care

by Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON

"When I grow up, I want to be a wound care specialist." That's not something you hear kids going around saying. Sure, kids want to be doctors or nurses. But wound care specialist?

When you think about it, being a wound specialist is not a glamorous position, unlike being a neurosurgeon. The best quote that I ever heard from a colleague of mine was, "No one wants to do wound care; wound care isn't sexy." This may be true, but what is wound care then? To me it is ever changing, it is learning new things (most of which are not found in text books), and it is about helping patients heal both emotionally and physically from a chronic condition.

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Wound Care 101

How Being a Wound Specialist Could Save You During a Zombie Apocalypse

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Submitted by Emily Greenstein on October 18th, 2018
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Wound Care
Wound Care Specialist

by Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON

Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has a page dedicated to preparing for a zombie apocalypse?

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Wound Types

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