Patient Care

Nutrition Matters

Guidance for Meeting Protein Needs for Wound Healing During a Period of High Inflation

09/01/2022

Nancy Collins , PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND, FAPWCA;

QUESTION: I am a nurse at an outpatient wound clinic. I remind patients that proper nutrition (eg, adequate calo- ries, extra protein) is important in wound healing. Lately, patients are telling me they are having difficulty making ends meet...

QUESTION: I am a nurse at an...

09/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Editorial Message

How Can You Help?

07/29/2022

Terry Treadwell , MD, FACS, FAAWC;

In this editorial message, Dr. Treadwell, Editor-in-Chief, discusses how clinically supported medical advances that may be standards in some areas can face lagging adoption in others due to regional resources or clinician preferences.

In this editorial message, Dr....

07/29/2022

Wounds

Videos

Initial Findings of the Observational Study of Ostomy Consumers Registry

04/11/2022

In this video, Renee Malandrino, MSN, RN, CWOCN, discusses the Observational Study of Ostomy Consumers Registry.

In this video, Renee Malandrino,...

04/11/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Upfront With Ostomies

Advocating for Best-in-Practice Ostomy Care: Are You in the Driver’s Seat?

03/01/2022

Jeanine Gleba , MEd;

Read about creation of the Ostomy and Continent Diversion Patient Bill of Rights

Read about creation of the...

03/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Upfront With Ostomies

Care of Patients With Enterocutaneous Fistula

12/03/2021

Janice Erbe , DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CWON;

Janice Erbe, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC, CWON, discusses a multidisciplinary approach to treating patients with this challenging, and sometimes devastating, condition.

Janice Erbe, DNP, APNP, FNP-BC,...

12/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Original Research

Development and Implementation of an Individualized Turning Program for Pressure Injury Prevention Using Sensor Technology in Nursing Homes: A Quality Improvement Program

11/03/2021

Mary Adams , RN-MSN, APRN, CLNC, FNC;

Debra Phillips , RN, BS;

John McKenna , BS, MBA;

Jeanine Maguire , PhD, MPT, CWS, MS, PT;

Jiunn-Ru Lin , MS;

Denine Hastings , RN, BSN, MBA;

Annemari Cooley , MA, MBA;

11/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

A 3D-Model Program Supporting Patient Education: CardioShowroom

05/10/2020

Boris Keweloh , MD;

Together with a group of innovative programmers, we created a digital, 3D model of the heart and diseases, and designed animations detailing various therapies. The goal was a fully interactive program, not simply showing movies or generic...

Together with a group of...

05/10/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Patient Safety

Safety in the Outpatient Wound Care Clinic: A Generalized Checklist

12/07/2018

Today’s Wound Clinic offers this checklist as a resource for new and long-standing outpatient wound care clinics to refer to when addressing various safety parameters.

Today’s Wound Clinic offers this...

12/07/2018

Today's Wound Clinic

Clinical Editor's Corner

Who Should Get the Consent for Cardiac Cath in Your Lab?

03/02/2018

Morton J. Kern , MD, MSCAI, FACC, FAHA;

Charles E. Chambers , MD;

Jeffrey W. Moses , MD;

Andrew D. Michaels , MD, MAS;

Jim Blankenship , MD;

Lloyd W. Klein , MD;

One of our colleagues, Andrew Michaels, MD, Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka, California, recently asked about the consent process for cardiac cath cases.

One of our colleagues, Andrew...

03/02/2018

Cath Lab Digest

The Radial Lounge, Revisited

02/28/2018

John C. Wang , MD, MSc, FACC, FSCAI;

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Antony G. Kaliyadan , MD;

We hope that by outlining our roadmap to achieving a successful radial lounge with a robust transradial catheterization program that other cath labs can learn from both our success and avoid potential pitfalls along the way.

We hope that by outlining our...

02/28/2018

Cath Lab Digest