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Remodeling Wound Care: Specialization and Evidence-Based Patient Care

February 11, 2013
By Lydia A Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN I recently wrote a blog on my proposal to remodel home health care. I continue my musings as we consider other ways we can incorporate consumer-based business and ma...

Review: Wound Care Competency of Graduating Students

July 18, 2019
Article Title: Graduating Student Nurses' and Student Podiatrists' Wound Care Competence: A Cross-Sectional Study Authors: Kielo E, Salminen L, Suhonen R, Puukka P, Stolt M Journal: J Wound Care. 2...

Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring Recap

May 3, 2017
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 ...

The Accidental Wound Care Nurse

January 23, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN After graduating with my BSN and passing the NCLEX, I was dead set on becoming the perfect ICU nurse. I am a very detail-oriented, met...

The Benefits of Taking an Online Course to Prepare for the Wound Certification Exam

December 23, 2014
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS There are many benefits to taking an online course to prepare yourself to write a wound care certification exam. The following outlines some of these be...

The Challenge to Nursing Professionals: Make Time for Learning

September 15, 2013
By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN On these early days in September, school begins for countless young people across our country. Small children, excited yet timid, let go of their mom or da...

The Importance of Life Long Learning in Wound Care

January 26, 2015
As a child, I did my best to teach my stuffed animals. I lined them up perfectly, and set up my little card table and chairs. I couldn’t wait to grow up and become a real teacher. Teaching what, I did...

Understanding the Role of the Continence Nurse, Reasons to Certify, and Practice Questions

June 13, 2019
Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN-CNS, CWOCN-AP Not many people wake up one day and say, "Wow, I really want to be a continence nurse!" In fact, sometimes people don't even really understand what a c...

Weathering the Dog Days By Way of Research!

August 29, 2016
By Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA The ancients sacrificed a brown dog at the beginning of the Dog Days to appease the rage of Sirius, believing that the star was the cause of the hot, su...

What is in a Score? On WoundSource Turning 20

August 3, 2017
By Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP, CWOCN-AP Our New England village has an annual tradition that takes place on the town green. These two acres of well-manicured grass have historically been...
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