Volume 58 - Issue 5 - May 2012

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Empirical Studies

General Principles and Approaches to Wound Prevention and Care at End of Life: An Overview

05/01/2012

Abstract The incidence and prevalence of wounds in persons at the end of life is largely unknown, but wounds are estimated to occur in at least one third of hospice patients. At the end of life, healthcare professionals must help the...

Abstract The incidence and...

05/01/2012

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Empirical Studies

A Prospective, Descriptive Study of Characteristics Associated with Skin Failure in Critically Ill Adults

05/01/2012

Abstract Critically ill patients with multi-organ failure are especially susceptible to problems with skin integrity, including skin failure. An 18-month, prospective, descriptive study was conducted to identify and describe...

Abstract Critically ill...

05/01/2012

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Empirical Studies

An Overview of Integrative Care Options for Patients with Chronic Wounds

05/01/2012

Abstract Integrative care incorporates aspects of traditional and nontraditional medicine, also often referred to as holistic or complementary and alternative medicine. Providing integrative wound care involves addressing physical,...

Abstract Integrative care...

05/01/2012

Wound Management & Prevention

Industry Insider

New Products and Industry News

05/01/2012

Static-air products have multiple uses EHOB, Inc’s (Indianapolis, IN) newest lower-extremity products include the Foot WAFFLE® Custom and Foot WAFFLE Heel Elevator Custom. The Foot WAFFLE Custom’s sloped design mirrors the natural shape of...

Static-air products have...

05/01/2012

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PEARLS FOR PRACTICE

Pearls for Practice: A Hydroconductive Dressing as a Potential Alternative to Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

05/01/2012

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) involves the controlled application of subatmospheric pressure to the local wound environment using a sealed wound dressing connected to a vacuum pump.1 This therapy can help convert an open wound into...

Negative pressure wound...

05/01/2012

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Department

Nutrition 411: Tips for Utilizing MyPlate with Patients with Wounds

05/01/2012

Although patients with wounds often benefit from nutrition education, they often do not have the opportunity to meet with a registered dietitian (RD) or nutrition professional. Other healthcare practitioners (HCPs) must fill the educational...

Although patients with wounds...

05/01/2012

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Department

Continence Coach: Recognizing Excellence in Care at the End of Life

05/01/2012

Care for patients at the end of life has long troubled American medicine, not only in its failure to provide good palliative care, but also in the tension between technology and ethics as it affects the relationship between providers and...

Care for patients at the end...

05/01/2012

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Department

My Scope of Practice: Destiny Takes a Hand

05/01/2012

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit”. – Aristotle Walter A. Conlan, III, MD, CWSP, didn’t always plan to be a wound care specialist. He first thought he wanted to specialize in psychiatry but...

“We are what we repeatedly do....

05/01/2012

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Department

Special to OWM: Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society‚Ñ¢ Offers Course/Designation for Nurse Wound Care Providers

05/01/2012

The WOCN® Society has developed the Wound Treatment Associate (WTA) Education Program to further empower wound, ostomy continence (WOC) specialty nurses to improve patient outcomes by enhancing their wound team. Recognizing the increased...

The WOCN® Society has...

05/01/2012

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Column

Guest Editorial

Guest Editorial: An Introduction to Palliative Chronic Wound Care

05/01/2012

Palliative wound care — ie, the merging of symptom management into advanced wound care — is a relatively new field. The traditional goal of wound care is to heal or prepare for surgical closure, but techniques and procedures involved can be...

Palliative wound care — ie,...

05/01/2012

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.

Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.

Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases.

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