National Nurses Week, celebrated May 6-12, 2017, offers an opportunity to reflect on the art and science of the profession, which combines clinical knowledge and the ability to make a difference in ...

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 ...

Patients at hospitals staffed by nurses who’ve earned specialty certification in wound, ostomy and continence care are less likely to experience pressure injuries, according to a recent study ...

What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of experience with wound care, even if only an accidental cut, scrape or burn.

There is a new forum for wound care nurses who are looking for help from their peers. The San Antonio-based KCI has announced the availability of its new Nurse2Nurse Mobile App. The “one-of-a-kind” ...

Proper skin care often comes down to good old-fashioned common sense. To avoid pressure ulcers, stick to the basics. Investing just a little bit in wound care prevention goes a long way, experts say. ...

Q: Why did you go into this career? A: I found my interest when working in the home care field. I worked with a lot of wound care patients and I enjoyed being a part of their healing process. A: I ...

ISG will become a fully integrated division of Gentell, operating under the name Gentell Nutritional Services Gentell ...

For 30 years, wound care has been Sister Maghboeba Fortune’s passion. Nursing is in her blood and it is for this reason that she has been chosen to spearhead a programme known as Early Recovery After ...

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KCI, an Acelity Company, today announced the U.S. launch of the Nurse2Nurse (N2N) Mobile App, a one-of-a-kind digital community by and for wound care nurses. Developed in ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Whenever I got a wound while I was young, my mother would take me to the hospital to get stitches. I am now 94. I went to get a wound seen, and the nurse said that it needed to heal ...

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