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Volume 56 - Issue 5 - May, 2010

Department
Continence Coach: A Call to Action: Improving the Health Literacy of Americans
05/10/2010
Perhaps this very instant is your time. — Louise Bogan, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (1897–1970)   During the last US presidential election and in its aftermath with the recent passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of...
Perhaps this very instant is your time. — Louise Bogan, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet (1897–1970)   During the last US presidential election and in its aftermath with the recent passage of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of...
Perhaps this very instant is...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: The Audacity of Determination
05/10/2010
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN, CWS, CLNC, wasted little time submerging herself in her work. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Park College (Chicago, IL), a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of...
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN, CWS, CLNC, wasted little time submerging herself in her work. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from North Park College (Chicago, IL), a Master’s Degree in Nursing from the University of...
  Carelyn P. Fylling, RN, MSN,...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Nutrition 411: Multivitamin Supplements - Magic Bullet or Waste of Money?
05/10/2010
   Most wound care practitioners are familiar with the relationship between appropriate nutritional care and wound healing. We strive to meet each patient’s needs for protein, calories, fluids, vitamins, and minerals in order to provide the...
   Most wound care practitioners are familiar with the relationship between appropriate nutritional care and wound healing. We strive to meet each patient’s needs for protein, calories, fluids, vitamins, and minerals in order to provide the...
   Most wound care practitioners...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: Making Bedside Wound Management Decisions in Long-Term Care
05/10/2010
    In the long-term care (LTC) setting where the number of Registered Nurses (RN) and specially trained wound care nurses may be limited, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) typically provide resident care....
    In the long-term care (LTC) setting where the number of Registered Nurses (RN) and specially trained wound care nurses may be limited, Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) typically provide resident care....
    In the long-term care (LTC)...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Pressure Ulceration and the Use of Active Leptospermum Honey for Debridement and Healing
05/10/2010
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel1 (NPUAP) defines a pressure ulcer (PU) as “a localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, that results from pressure (including pressure associated with...
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel1 (NPUAP) defines a pressure ulcer (PU) as “a localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissue, usually over a bony prominence, that results from pressure (including pressure associated with...
The National Pressure Ulcer...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: Global Efforts Address Wounds and Lymphedema
05/10/2010
    Global awareness of the “hidden epidemic”1 of lymphedema and chronic wounds was heralded by a wake-up call from the World Alliance of Wound and Lymphedema Care2 (WAWLC). Worldwide, one person in 30 is estimated to suffer from lymphedema,1...
    Global awareness of the “hidden epidemic”1 of lymphedema and chronic wounds was heralded by a wake-up call from the World Alliance of Wound and Lymphedema Care2 (WAWLC). Worldwide, one person in 30 is estimated to suffer from lymphedema,1...
    Global awareness of the...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Letter from the Editor
From the Editor: Correction: Notice of Duplicate Publication
05/10/2010
Takahashi PY. Chandra A, Cha SS, Crane SJ. A predictive model for venous ulceration in older adults: results of a retrospective cohort study. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2010;56(4):60–66. Since publication of the April 2010 issue of Ostomy Wound...
Takahashi PY. Chandra A, Cha SS, Crane SJ. A predictive model for venous ulceration in older adults: results of a retrospective cohort study. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2010;56(4):60–66. Since publication of the April 2010 issue of Ostomy Wound...
Takahashi PY. Chandra A, Cha SS,...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Executive Spotlight
Executive Spotlight-May 2010: Chip Ross,Vice President, General Manager, Hollister Wound Care
05/10/2010
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
Using Statistical Process Control for Monitoring the Prevalence of Hospital-acquired Pressure Ulcers
05/10/2010
Abstract Institutionally acquired pressure ulcers are used as outcome indicators to assess the quality of pressure ulcer prevention programs. Determining whether quality improvement projects that aim to decrease the proportions of...
Abstract Institutionally acquired pressure ulcers are used as outcome indicators to assess the quality of pressure ulcer prevention programs. Determining whether quality improvement projects that aim to decrease the proportions of...
Abstract Institutionally...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Emerging Treatment Options for Venous Ulceration in Today’s Wound Care Practice
05/10/2010
Abstract: Lower-extremity ulcers represent the largest group of ulcers presenting to an outpatient wound care clinic and, of those, ulcers due to venous insufficiency and venous hypertension make up the largest subgroup of these ulcers....
Abstract: Lower-extremity ulcers represent the largest group of ulcers presenting to an outpatient wound care clinic and, of those, ulcers due to venous insufficiency and venous hypertension make up the largest subgroup of these ulcers....
Abstract: Lower-extremity...
05/10/2010
Wound Management & Prevention

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The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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