Wound Assessment

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN I have always prided myself on my ability to place patients' needs as a top priority. Patients are people and each and every one is an individual. They hav...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN I frequently write about the value and rewards of being a WOCNCB® certified nurse. It is an amazing job that allows me to save limbs and change lives on a ...

By Aletha Tippett MD If we let the body alone, can it take care of a healing a wound? In general, yes, leaving the body alone will get you further than some procedures because the body knows what t...

By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWCN-AP, CWS, RNFA Should pain management interventions be put in place before debriding a venous ulcer? Without question, yes. Any comprehensive w...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS There are many tools that can be used to assess wounds. It is important to be aware of these tools and what they measure. It is also important to become...

By Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN-ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP After determining our goals of wound treatment (healing, maintaining, or comfort/palliative), we need to choose a treatment that meets the needs of th...

By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS Wound bed preparation has become the gold standard model for proper wound assessment. It allows us clinicians to identify and breakdown local barriers to wound healing. ...

by the WoundSource Editors One of the greatest challenges when dealing with biofilms in chronic wounds is identifying their existence in the first place. The extracellular polymeric substance or E...