Volume 58 - Issue 5 - May 2012
Department
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
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
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
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
Department
05/01/2012
Although patients with wounds often benefit from nutrition education, they often do not have the opportunity to meet with a registered dietitian (RD) or nutrition professional. Other healthcare practitioners (HCPs) must fill the educational...
Although patients with wounds often benefit from nutrition education, they often do not have the opportunity to meet with a registered dietitian (RD) or nutrition professional. Other healthcare practitioners (HCPs) must fill the educational...
Although patients with wounds...
05/01/2012
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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
Feature
Empirical Studies
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
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
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
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
