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Volume 58 - Issue 5 - May 2012

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Continence Coach: Recognizing Excellence in Care at the End of Life
05/01/2012
  Care for patients at the end of life has long troubled American medicine, not only in its failure to provide good palliative care, but also in the tension between technology and ethics as it affects the relationship between providers and...
  Care for patients at the end of life has long troubled American medicine, not only in its failure to provide good palliative care, but also in the tension between technology and ethics as it affects the relationship between providers and...
  Care for patients at the end...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
My Scope of Practice: Destiny Takes a Hand
05/01/2012
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. – Aristotle   Walter A. Conlan, III, MD, CWSP, didn’t always plan to be a wound care specialist. He first thought he wanted to specialize in psychiatry but...
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. – Aristotle   Walter A. Conlan, III, MD, CWSP, didn’t always plan to be a wound care specialist. He first thought he wanted to specialize in psychiatry but...
“We are what we repeatedly do....
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
Special to OWM: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society‚Ñ¢ Offers Course/Designation for Nurse Wound Care Providers
05/01/2012
  The WOCN® Society has developed the Wound Treatment Associate (WTA) Education Program to further empower wound, ostomy continence (WOC) specialty nurses to improve patient outcomes by enhancing their wound team.   Recognizing the increased...
  The WOCN® Society has developed the Wound Treatment Associate (WTA) Education Program to further empower wound, ostomy continence (WOC) specialty nurses to improve patient outcomes by enhancing their wound team.   Recognizing the increased...
  The WOCN® Society has...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
AAWC Update
05/01/2012
AAWC Pays Tribute to Members   Whether involved for many years or just joining today, AAWC members are not ordinary wound care professionals; they are part of a special community that invests in career development and maintains an acute...
AAWC Pays Tribute to Members   Whether involved for many years or just joining today, AAWC members are not ordinary wound care professionals; they are part of a special community that invests in career development and maintains an acute...
AAWC Pays Tribute to...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
New Products and Industry News
05/01/2012
Static-air products have multiple uses   EHOB, Inc’s (Indianapolis, IN) newest lower-extremity products include the Foot WAFFLE® Custom and Foot WAFFLE Heel Elevator Custom. The Foot WAFFLE Custom’s sloped design mirrors the natural shape of...
Static-air products have multiple uses   EHOB, Inc’s (Indianapolis, IN) newest lower-extremity products include the Foot WAFFLE® Custom and Foot WAFFLE Heel Elevator Custom. The Foot WAFFLE Custom’s sloped design mirrors the natural shape of...
Static-air products have...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
Pearls for Practice: A Hydroconductive Dressing as a Potential Alternative to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
05/01/2012
  Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
  Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...
  Negative pressure wound...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
General Principles and Approaches to Wound Prevention and Care at End of Life: An Overview
05/01/2012
Abstract   The incidence and prevalence of wounds in persons at the end of life is largely unknown, but wounds are estimated to occur in at least one third of hospice patients. At the end of life, healthcare professionals must help the...
Abstract   The incidence and prevalence of wounds in persons at the end of life is largely unknown, but wounds are estimated to occur in at least one third of hospice patients. At the end of life, healthcare professionals must help the...
Abstract   The incidence and...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Prospective, Descriptive Study of Characteristics Associated with Skin Failure in Critically Ill Adults
05/01/2012
Abstract   Critically ill patients with multi-organ failure are especially susceptible to problems with skin integrity, including skin failure. An 18-month, prospective, descriptive study was conducted to identify and describe...
Abstract   Critically ill patients with multi-organ failure are especially susceptible to problems with skin integrity, including skin failure. An 18-month, prospective, descriptive study was conducted to identify and describe...
Abstract   Critically ill...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
An Overview of Integrative Care Options for Patients with Chronic Wounds
05/01/2012
Abstract   Integrative care incorporates aspects of traditional and nontraditional medicine, also often referred to as holistic or complementary and alternative medicine. Providing integrative wound care involves addressing physical,...
Abstract   Integrative care incorporates aspects of traditional and nontraditional medicine, also often referred to as holistic or complementary and alternative medicine. Providing integrative wound care involves addressing physical,...
Abstract   Integrative care...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial
Guest Editorial: An Introduction to Palliative Chronic Wound Care
05/01/2012
  Palliative wound care — ie, the merging of symptom management into advanced wound care — is a relatively new field. The traditional goal of wound care is to heal or prepare for surgical closure, but techniques and procedures involved can be...
  Palliative wound care — ie, the merging of symptom management into advanced wound care — is a relatively new field. The traditional goal of wound care is to heal or prepare for surgical closure, but techniques and procedures involved can be...
  Palliative wound care — ie,...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention

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Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing
Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.
The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds
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