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Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS

Opening Arguments
09/25/2009
A Love/Hate Relationship As the concept for Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) was conceived and developed, it became clear that there was truly a need for a publication of this type to fill the gap for those of us practicing in this environment....
A Love/Hate Relationship As the concept for Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) was conceived and developed, it became clear that there was truly a need for a publication of this type to fill the gap for those of us practicing in this environment....
A Love/Hate Relationship As the...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
06/10/2010
The Challenges of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Clinical Practice This article is a joint effort by Dot and Caroline, bringing together perspectives from our combined (too many to confess) years of practice. We have brought our slightly...
The Challenges of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Clinical Practice This article is a joint effort by Dot and Caroline, bringing together perspectives from our combined (too many to confess) years of practice. We have brought our slightly...
The Challenges of Negative...
06/10/2010
Today's Wound Clinic
09/23/2009
  Caroline Fifes’s commentary on the state of healing of venous leg ulcers over the years evoked several questions. She described the “frustrating 15%,” describing the relatively small change in healing rates of this population of patients...
  Caroline Fifes’s commentary on the state of healing of venous leg ulcers over the years evoked several questions. She described the “frustrating 15%,” describing the relatively small change in healing rates of this population of patients...
  Caroline Fifes’s commentary on...
09/23/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
12/09/2011
  It is hard to accept that this year is already coming to a close. I never wanted to acknowledge or believe that time seems to goes faster as you get older but I’m afraid it is true. SAWC Fall in Las Vegas came and went in a flurry, and it...
  It is hard to accept that this year is already coming to a close. I never wanted to acknowledge or believe that time seems to goes faster as you get older but I’m afraid it is true. SAWC Fall in Las Vegas came and went in a flurry, and it...
  It is hard to accept that this...
12/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
System Check Up
09/25/2009
As the wound care industry adapts to the paperless society and electronic medical records (EMRs), there is hesitation by some professionals to embrace the digital push. A large majority of healthcare transactions in the US still take place on...
As the wound care industry adapts to the paperless society and electronic medical records (EMRs), there is hesitation by some professionals to embrace the digital push. A large majority of healthcare transactions in the US still take place on...
As the wound care industry...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Opening Arguments
09/25/2009
Documenting Your Success here is an ancient Chinese proverb which says, the palest ink is better than the best memory. This issue is about medical documentation. These days, documentation may or may not be done with ink, but there is no...
Documenting Your Success here is an ancient Chinese proverb which says, the palest ink is better than the best memory. This issue is about medical documentation. These days, documentation may or may not be done with ink, but there is no...
Documenting Your Success here is...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
12/30/2009
  I began my journey in the outpatient setting quite by accident and good fortune in 2001. I was ready to leave a seven-year period of working in the wound care industry at the same time a long time friend and colleague had a position...
  I began my journey in the outpatient setting quite by accident and good fortune in 2001. I was ready to leave a seven-year period of working in the wound care industry at the same time a long time friend and colleague had a position...
  I began my journey in the...
12/30/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Mr. RU Swollen is referred to your clinic from his primary care provider. He walks into the clinic with an antalgic gait then rests in the waiting room. On examination, both lower extremities are edematous, the left greater than the right. He...
Mr. RU Swollen is referred to your clinic from his primary care provider. He walks into the clinic with an antalgic gait then rests in the waiting room. On examination, both lower extremities are edematous, the left greater than the right. He...
Mr. RU Swollen is referred to...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
03/08/2012
  Have you ever accomplished something at the eleventh hour? By the skin of your teeth? Just in the nick of time? In any way that describes the fact it was miraculously achieved? Remember the days we didn’t have cell phones, email, fax,...
  Have you ever accomplished something at the eleventh hour? By the skin of your teeth? Just in the nick of time? In any way that describes the fact it was miraculously achieved? Remember the days we didn’t have cell phones, email, fax,...
  Have you ever accomplished...
03/08/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
02/08/2019
Today’s long-term care patients are more likely to be sicker and in need of specialized wound care. What should outpatient centers know about regulations and procedures in skilled nursing facilities to ensure a better patient care experience?
Today’s long-term care patients are more likely to be sicker and in need of specialized wound care. What should outpatient centers know about regulations and procedures in skilled nursing facilities to ensure a better patient care experience?
Today’s long-term care patients...
02/08/2019
Today's Wound Clinic