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Wound Healing

Malnutrition and Pressure Injuries

January 4, 2018
by Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RDN, FAND Editor's note:This blog post is part of the WoundSource Trending Topics series, bringing you insight into the latest clinical issues and advancement in wound man...

11 Comorbidities That Inhibit Wound Healing

August 13, 2014
By Bruce E. Ruben MD In order to heal a wound, the body needs oxygen, nutrients, energy and a fully functioning vascular system that brings those resources to the wound and takes waste products awa...

3 Micronutrients to Help with Wound Healing

January 21, 2021
By Lauren Lazarevski, RN, BSN, CWOCN Could metallic micronutrients be the missing link for your patient with a chronic wound? When we consider the nutrition required to optimize wound healing, prot...

A Case Study on the Combined Use of an Epidermal Autograft and NPWT

January 21, 2016
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN This is the account of a patient case in which technology, clinician experience, and patient adherence converged to save a limb. ...

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...

Acute Surgical Wounds Part I: Who's Managing the Wound?

December 13, 2018
By Kathy Gallagher, DNP, APRN-FNP, CMC, UMC, BC, WCC, CWS, FACCWS Welcome to the first in a series of blogs focusing on acute surgical wound management. Future segments will discuss steps toward de...

Acute Surgical Wounds Part II: Steps to Create an Acute Surgical Wound Service for Your Facility

July 18, 2019
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...

Adjunctive Modalities in Wound Care: Laser Therapy

February 16, 2017
By Aletha Tippett MD In looking at technology that helps in wound care, how many know about—and use—lasers? Cold lasers have been used by physical therapists for years, but cosmetic lasers can also...

Author Picks: Top 12 Resources for Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses

April 4, 2014
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....

Beauty and Biofilm: The Intersection of Science, Art, and Wound Care

January 19, 2017
By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWS-P You are looking at an amazing image of a dime-sized biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, grown and photographed by Scott Chimileski – a biologist, photographer, a...
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