Wound Exudate

By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Wound exudate and how to properly assess and manage it has been a long standing clinical challenge in wound care. Assessing the exudate co...

Exudate management is a key issue in the treatment of venous leg ulcers. This interview gives insights into possible complications, treatment strategies, and special considerations for patients with h...

By: Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS Being a wound care professional is often a lot like being a detective. You have to decide what caused the wound, what is contributing to its not healin...

By Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS Last month I introduced you to the concept of how being a wound care professional is often a lot like being a detective. This blog post is going to star...

By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP Wound assessment is one of the initial steps in determining the plan of care, changes in treatment, and the choice of key players in wound management...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD In the beginning, long before Johnson met Johnson and Band-Aids were invented, primitive men and women suffered minor cuts and abrasions and probably left them uncovered to hea...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP As wound care clinicians, we are aware that part of the process of consulting requires a comprehensive wound assessment, looking at wound characteristics, causati...