Wound Certification

By Miranda Henry, WoundSource Managing Editor There are opportunities for health care providers at all levels to become experts in the field of wound care. This multidisciplinary field is comprised...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS You've learned all you can about wound care. Perhaps you've been working in wound care for a while and have decided that you would like to pursue wound ...

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD The first time you see your name published as the lead author of an article you are filled with pride. If an article is rejected you are filled with frustration. ...

By Kathy Gallagher, DNP, APRN-FNP, CMC, UMC, BC, WCC, CWS, FACCWS In 2010, Christiana Care Health System, a 1,000 bed Level I trauma center in Wilmington, Delaware, introduced an acute surgical w...

by Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN Tradition claims March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb. Depending on where you live, March is in a full-throated roar! Kids are thinking ab...

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS, FAAN Happy Spring! At least that is what the calendar indicates, but recent temperatures across much of the US seem to dispute that fact....

By Fabiola Jimenez, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN Nursing has given me great opportunities; some of them I never imagined possible. I started as a medical surgical nurse in an oncology unit where the treatmen...

By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, RN-BC, APRN-CNS, CWOCN-AP As discussed in a prior blog, reflecting on why you want to become certified and how to begin the process are some important initial steps when con...

By Diana L. Gallagher MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN I just finished attending my first professional conference of the year. It was a combined meeting of the Wound Care Institute and the South Central Region ...