Certification in Advanced Wound Care Certification in advanced wound care is an important step in becoming an effective and efficient clinician, able to respond to almost any wound care scenario Wound care is an area of health care that continues to change rapidly, evolving at a dizzying pace. It can seem almost overwhelming at times…
It may seem to you that fast wound healing is a myth on par with the Easter Bunny- everyone has heard of it but no one has actually seen it! This is understandable if you have been bogged down in chronic wounds that take forever to heal, frustrating both you and your client. Circumstances for…
I think anyone who deals with patients with wounds will agree that selecting the right wound dressings and bandages is crucial to wound healing. It may also be the most challenging part of wound management! With so many choices in wound dressings and bandages, it’s easy to become confused. To simplify matters, there are a…
These days, many patients are discharged prematurely from the hospital. Home care nurses and community health workers may be overwhelmed caring for patients with complicated wounds for home wound care. Patients who have less complicated wounds are often discharged home to care for their own wounds with little instruction as to how they can facilitate wound…
Composite wound dressings combine different types of dressings with several functions in one single dressing that can address different needs. They can be used as a primary and/or secondary dressing and feature an absorptive layer, and a strike-through barrier. Composite Wound Dressings Are Versatile These dressings are versatile and convenient offering options for both partial…
Diabetic wounds are different from any other wounds. Diabetic wound care requires specialized training due to the propensity for diabetic wounds to heal slowly and take a turn for the worse very quickly. Clinicians working in diabetic wound care must have the necessary knowledge to recognize complications and intervene appropriately. The consequences of poorly managed…
Creating a wound care plan for you and your patient can help you to set goals and measure the progress of the wound care you provide. It can also help you to decide when you change your treatment plan if the goals you have set are not being achieved. Of course, a wound care plan…
Although many of us intuitively know that serial debridement works (we’ve seen the results), as healthcare professionals we must base our practice on evidence-based knowledge. I went searching for the evidence to support this practice and was surprised that I could not find reams of studies supporting serial debridement. If we know it works and…
Wound Healing Products Think you’ve seen or heard about them all? Here are some wound healing products that you may not know about. MediHoney Calcium Alginate dressing You’ve probably heard about the use of sterile medical-grade honey for treating wounds, but you may not have seen it combined into a wound healing product like this…
A deep tissue injury is a unique form of pressure ulcer. The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel defines a deep tissue injury as “A pressure-related injury to subcutaneous tissues under intact skin. Initially, these lesions have the appearance of a deep bruise. These lesions may herald the subsequent development of a Stage III-IV pressure ulcer…
