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Wound Dressings

The Future of Bioactive Wound Care Dressings

April 12, 2016
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC The growing market for bioactive wound care products has been very interesting and exciting to me. I have been involved the past couple years ...

The Kennedy Terminal Ulcer - What it is and What it Means for Your Wound Care Patients

October 30, 2013
By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Part 2 in a series on skin failure For Part 1, Click Here In March of 1989 the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) convened...

The Rap on Wrapping: 10 Tips for Effectively Bandaging a Wound

October 12, 2017
By Margaret Heale RN, MSc, CWOCN Wrapping wounds is an art, and hence, it comes easily to some and more difficult to others. This post won't make you a wound dressing artist, but it does provide so...

The Surrounding Area: Protecting Periwound Skin in Chronic Wounds

March 28, 2018
By the WoundSource Editors The periwound is as important as the wound. As clinicians, we should carefully assess the wound bed, but we need to remember also to assess the periwound and surrounding ...

Thoughts on Patient Education and Wound Cleansing

February 27, 2020
As patient-driven groupings model hits home care, patients or their caregivers will be expected to do more of the care. Subsequently, nursing staff are expected to provide more education, making "how ...

Tips and Tricks for Discharging Patients with Wounds

January 16, 2020
Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP You might notice the hospital halls seem a little quieter around the holidays, the unit census may be down, and patients may be asking about their discharg...

Top Ten Tips for Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Dressing Applications

November 29, 2012
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON How did you acquire your knowledge and skills around the application of NPWT dressings? Most of us learned by observing another clinician doing dressing applica...
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