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Frequently Asked Questions: Wound Care Challenges and Solutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic

June 29, 2020
By Marcia Nusgart, RPh; Lee C. Rogers, DPM; Mark D. Iafrati, MD, FACS; Paul J. Kim, DPM, MS, FACFAS; Karen Ravitz, JD; Stephanie Woelfel, PT, DPT, CWS, FACCWS; and Emily Greenstein, APRN,CNP, CWON ...

How Providers Can Prevent Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries Caused by Wearing Personal Protective Equipment

May 31, 2020
By the WoundSource Editors The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020. Whether you are a provider or a frontline health care professional, we are experiencing a wo...

How to Enhance the Management of Chronic Conditions When You Can’t See Your Patients

May 31, 2020
By the WoundSource Editors The current COVID-19 pandemic has changed various aspects of care across the health care continuum. Health care professionals have been forced to develop different strate...

Increasing Colon Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic

October 8, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left many people with free time on their hands as other activities are cut to avoid exposure to the virus. What if we used this time during the pan...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care – Wound Care From a “30,000-Foot” View

April 1, 2021
By Heidi Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON Since the advent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), I haven’t done much flying, but I love travel and I love flying. One of my favorite experiences is a w...

Maintaining Connection During the Pandemic: In-Person Alternatives

February 18, 2021
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 ...

Maintaining Skin Health in Older Patients During COVID-19

April 1, 2020
As a response to increasing rates of infection with the novel coronavirus (which causes an illness termedCOVID-19), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and all major medical organizations a...

Moving Past Heartbreak: The Finish Line Awaits

July 28, 2021
The Boston Marathon, a grueling 26.2-mile trek from Hopkinton, Massachusetts, to downtown Boston, features the notorious Heartbreak Hill at mile 20 – a half-mile climb up a steep 3.3% grade that follo...

Ostomy Awareness and Education in a Virtual World

January 15, 2021
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...

Pressure Injury Prevention While Proning

October 31, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has forced health care professionals to take a closer look at the most effective and appropriate measures for pressure injury prevention. In 17% of all...
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