Conferences

By Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA As I reflect on 2020, and I try to think of words to describe it, connected is not a word that I would use. If nothing else, last year isolated ...

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA At the beginning of September, I attended the National Lymphedema Network International Conference in Dallas, TX. As with most conferences it was chock-ful...

By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA Wound care Facebook friends from across the globe posted reports of their experiences at the Spring Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) meeting in ...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN In my introductory blog, I indulged in a personal journey down memory lane. I looked back fondly at some of the incredible mentors that inspired me and sh...

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN The signs of summer winding down are everywhere. Leaves are beginning to look 'tired', fall clothes fill the stores and 'back to school' ads are everyw...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Staying up-to-date with the latest in wound care can be challenging, given that there are new treatments being developed, research being reviewed, updat...

By Ronald Sherman MD, MSC, DTM&H I am seeing more and more expert lecturers being disqualified from speaking at wound care conferences, simply because their qualifications include significant posit...

By Aletha Tippett MD It's How We Learn Wound Care How does one learn to care for wounds? I am a physician and a wound specialist. My medical school training included physiology of wound healing, b...

By Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP, CWOCN-AP My grandmother knew wound care. "Soak it in salt water," she'd say. "Keep it open to air!" she would emphatically declare the next day. You never ...