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3 Secrets to Getting Your Patients to Collaborate in the Treatment Plan

November 12, 2014
By Robert Striks, Special Writer, Encompass HealthCare & Wound Medicine There's a funny scene in the Marx Brothers movie, "Horse Feathers," where Chico tells Harpo how to escape from the room they ...

6 Ways I Plan to Make a Difference in 2015

January 22, 2015
By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN January is the month for committing to new goals and resolutions for the year ahead. Several years ago I made a New Year's resolution to stop making Ne...

A New Model for Home Health Agencies: Why Not Wounds?

December 27, 2012
by Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN At the start of December, I was looking at graduation from my Master's Degree program and the completion of my final paper. A capstone to the Master's program is muc...

Adopting a Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention Mindset

October 10, 2019
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, DAPWCA, FACCWS Worldwide Pressure Ulcer/Injury Prevention & Awareness Day is November 21st. This day is considered pretty much a holiday at my home. I have Stop Pr...

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Wound Care: Program Basics

January 1, 2020
Antimicrobial resistance is one of the greatest health threats of the 21st century. The current number of deaths attributed to drug-resistant infections is 700,000, yet this figure is expected to grow...

Can You Hear Me Now? Communication Issues During COVID-19

October 1, 2020
Communication issues have arisen in the wound care world while providing care during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Many of our older adult patients may already have hearing issues ...

Common Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

August 28, 2014
By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Many people do not realize that the two most common issues we see in hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy patients are ear/barotraumas and a de...

Communication for Better Wound Care

May 28, 2013
By Karen Zulkowski DNS, RN, CWS I have talked about treating wounds, assessing wounds and care planning, but have not discussed the patient as a person. I always talk to the patient and family abou...
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