Wound Care

This course has been approved for 2 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2018. Chronic ulc....

Nurses in most settings frequently encounter acute and chronic wounds during routine patient care. Applying the ....

Treatment options for malignant fungating wounds are aimed at the specific underlying cancer. Malignant wounds h....

Hippocrates observed that “healing is a matter of time, but sometimes also a matter of opportunity.” Are wou....

The goal of treatment is to provide the optimum environment so wound repair can take place without interference.....

Cesarean section rates have risen more than 60% since 2009, but are slowly trending down. Approximately one-thir....

Under pressure: just a blanchable event or an underlying injury? It can be much more difficult to distinguish a ....

This course has been approved for 2 hours by the Commission on Case Manager Certification for 2019 and 2020. Ly....

Pressure injury affects more than 2.5 million hospitalized patients each year in the United States. Studies have....

For the past 30 years, the incidence of melanoma has increased steadily. In adults older than age 50, the death ....