National Ostomy Awareness Day 2022October 1, 2022, is Ostomy Awareness Day. It was first established in 1993 to draw attention to people living with a stoma and to...
Legal Implications for Wound Care Part 3: Standards of Nursing Practice and Litigation ImplicationsBy Myra Varnado, BS, RN, CWON, CFCN Standards of Nursing Practice and Litigation The common theme in malpractice litigation involving...
Legal Implications for Wound Care Part 2: Wound Documentation By Katie Rizzo, BSN, RN, CWOCN In our previous blog post regarding the legal implications around wound care, my colleague ended with a...
When to Call an Ostomy ProfessionalBy Holly Leonidoff BSN, RN, CWOCN It has been estimated that over 70% of ostomates will, at some point, have skin breakdown associated...
