Volume 59 - Issue 6 - June 2013
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
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Wound bed preparation is the management of a wound in order to accelerate endogenous healing or to facilitate the effectiveness of other therapeutic measures.1 The concept wound bed preparation has evolved to provide a systematic approach...
Wound bed preparation is the management of a wound in order to accelerate endogenous healing or to facilitate the effectiveness of other therapeutic measures.1 The concept wound bed preparation has evolved to provide a systematic approach...
Wound bed preparation is the...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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Patients with wounds frequently have low levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit, and clinicians often automatically think “iron deficiency.” Although in many cases that diagnosis may be correct, identifying a specific type of anemia takes a...
Patients with wounds frequently have low levels of hemoglobin and hematocrit, and clinicians often automatically think “iron deficiency.” Although in many cases that diagnosis may be correct, identifying a specific type of anemia takes a...
Patients with wounds...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. — Stephen R. Covey, author
The most important lesson Vashti Livingston, MS, CNS, CWOCN, has learned over her 20 years of nursing is to really...
Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. — Stephen R. Covey, author
The most important lesson Vashti Livingston, MS, CNS, CWOCN, has learned over her 20 years of nursing is to really...
Most people do not listen with...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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Whether patient, spouse or partner, or yourself, many of us know persons affected by nocturia — ie, sleep-disturbing voiding.1 Its high prevalence is due to the number of causal factors. Numerous studies illustrate the negative impact of...
Whether patient, spouse or partner, or yourself, many of us know persons affected by nocturia — ie, sleep-disturbing voiding.1 Its high prevalence is due to the number of causal factors. Numerous studies illustrate the negative impact of...
Whether patient, spouse or...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Industry Insider
06/06/2013
Venous ulcer data presented at SAWC 2013
Organogenesis Inc (Canton, MA) announced key findings from a comparative effectiveness analysis that demonstrate a significant benefit for venous leg ulcer (VLU) patients who were treated with...
Venous ulcer data presented at SAWC 2013
Organogenesis Inc (Canton, MA) announced key findings from a comparative effectiveness analysis that demonstrate a significant benefit for venous leg ulcer (VLU) patients who were treated with...
Venous ulcer data presented at...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
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AAWC Celebration at SAWC Spring a huge success!
Founding President Evonne Fowler, RN, CWCN, took the crown on behalf of “Team Evonne” at the AAWC Celebration: Membership Meeting and Auction at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC...
AAWC Celebration at SAWC Spring a huge success!
Founding President Evonne Fowler, RN, CWCN, took the crown on behalf of “Team Evonne” at the AAWC Celebration: Membership Meeting and Auction at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC...
AAWC Celebration at SAWC Spring...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Case Report
06/06/2013
Abstract
An enteroatmospheric fistula is a devastating complication in the open abdomen. Usually the fistula forms before the completion of split-thickness skin graft surgery. A 35-year-old woman admitted with pancreatic and liver...
Abstract
An enteroatmospheric fistula is a devastating complication in the open abdomen. Usually the fistula forms before the completion of split-thickness skin graft surgery. A 35-year-old woman admitted with pancreatic and liver...
Abstract
An enteroatmospheric...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
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Abstract
Underpads and layers of linens are frequently placed under patients who are incontinent, have other moisture-related issues, and/or are immobile and cannot reposition independently. Many of these patients are also at risk for...
Abstract
Underpads and layers of linens are frequently placed under patients who are incontinent, have other moisture-related issues, and/or are immobile and cannot reposition independently. Many of these patients are also at risk for...
Abstract
Underpads and layers...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
06/06/2013
Abstract
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that is expected to increase in coming decades as the American population continues to age. Although the motor dysfunction (bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity) of Parkinson’s...
Abstract
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder that is expected to increase in coming decades as the American population continues to age. Although the motor dysfunction (bradykinesia, tremor, rigidity) of Parkinson’s...
Abstract
Parkinson’s Disease...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
06/06/2013
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Wound Ostomy Continence Society Annual meeting, OWM turned the soapbox over to the Society’s Executive Vice President for a look at the status of the WOC nurse in healthcare.
In 2010, The Wound,...
To celebrate the 45th anniversary of The Wound Ostomy Continence Society Annual meeting, OWM turned the soapbox over to the Society’s Executive Vice President for a look at the status of the WOC nurse in healthcare.
In 2010, The Wound,...
To celebrate the 45th...
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