Q: Why did you go into this career? A: In nursing school I was fascinated by the skin’s anatomy, purpose, and healing process. Later, as a Registered Nurse working in the hospital, I quickly became ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of ...

The ongoing nursing shortage is also limiting the pool of wound care nurses. “Nurses who are certified to care for wounds and ostomies are in short supply, at Kaiser Permanente and all over the ...

We would like to have our nurse overseeing our skin integrity program board-certified in wound care. What are the options? When exploring certification in wound care, it is important to ensure the ...

Conditions were far from modern or sanitary in the hospital in Haiti. The floor was dirt, the walls were the corners of a tent and Barbara Bates-Jensen had an influx of 75 to 100 patients a day. The ...

Bernard Ross, CEO of Sky Medical Technology, outlines how the NHS can ease pressures in chronic wound care management.

Almost nine in 10 wound care nurses believe the coronavirus pandemic has negatively impacted patients living with a wound, a new survey has shown. However, at the same time, many nurses welcomed the ...

Florida Hospital Flagler has selected Tina Justice to serve as wound care nurse. Justice will collaborate with nursing and medical staff to care for patients who have altered patterns of bowel and/or ...

Children require more than just analgesics during wound care, according to Swedish researchers. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical articles, learning units, procedures, AI-powered ...