How Can Wound Care Nurses Provide Culturally Sensitive Care?
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSCultural sensitivity and awareness is something that as healthcare providers, we say we practice – but do we always practice what we preach?
View ArticleAnkle-Brachial Index and Transcutaneous Oxygen Measurement Before Compression...
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPatients who come in with venous insufficiency ulcers and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) should be evaluated for compromised vascular...
View ArticleIndications for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSThe use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), according to Medicare, is a modality in which the entire body is exposed to oxygen under increased...
View ArticleHow Public Policy Change Could Deny Patients Access to Durable Medical...
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPublic policy is an aspect that affects every day practice for most wound, ostomy and continence nurses, but is something that we do not...
View ArticleIs Understaffing Really the Main Cause of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers?
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSIs your facility taking hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, or HAPUs, seriously? This has become a hot button issue for CMS over the last five...
View ArticleAnalyzing Your Technology to Meet Wound Care Documentation Requirements
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPatient safety is always of the utmost importance. Health care providers aim to improve the health of others. Having been in many settings...
View ArticleCommon Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSMany people do not realize that the two most common issues we see in hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy patients are ear/barotraumas and a...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy's Newest Approved Indication
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSSudden hearing loss affects 5-20 individuals per 100,000, which equates to about 4,000 new cases each year in the U.S. Idiopathic Sudden...
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Pressure Ulcers and Depression: The Psychological Impact of Wounds
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSI have been in wound care my entire nursing career. I have been in a variety of positions, but it always involved wound management. It wasn't...
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Case Review: Treatment of Full-Thickness Ulcers Due to Necrobiosis Lipoidica
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSI had an interesting case come into the clinic and I wanted to share it with all of you. This is the first time in my clinical experience with...
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Wound Exudate: Assessment and Management Strategies
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSWound exudate and how to properly assess and manage it has been a long standing clinical challenge in wound care. Assessing the exudate color,...
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Ankle-Brachial Index and Transcutaneous Oxygen Measurement Before Compression...
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPatients who come in with venous insufficiency ulcers and lower extremity arterial disease (LEAD) should be evaluated for compromised vascular...
View ArticleIndications for the use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT)
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSThe use of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), according to Medicare, is a modality in which the entire body is exposed to oxygen under increased...
View ArticleHow Public Policy Change Could Deny Patients Access to Durable Medical...
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPublic policy is an aspect that affects every day practice for most wound, ostomy and continence nurses, but is something that we do not...
View ArticleIs Understaffing Really the Main Cause of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers?
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSIs your facility taking hospital-acquired pressure ulcers, or HAPUs, seriously? This has become a hot button issue for CMS over the last five...
View ArticleAnalyzing Your Technology to Meet Wound Care Documentation Requirements
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSPatient safety is always of the utmost importance. Health care providers aim to improve the health of others. Having been in many settings...
View ArticleCommon Complications of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSMany people do not realize that the two most common issues we see in hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy patients are ear/barotraumas and a...
View ArticleHyperbaric Oxygen Therapy's Newest Approved Indication
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSSudden hearing loss affects 5-20 individuals per 100,000, which equates to about 4,000 new cases each year in the U.S. Idiopathic Sudden...
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Pressure Ulcers and Depression: The Psychological Impact of Wounds
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSI have been in wound care my entire nursing career. I have been in a variety of positions, but it always involved wound management. It wasn't...
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Case Review: Treatment of Full-Thickness Ulcers Due to Necrobiosis Lipoidica
by Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWSI had an interesting case come into the clinic and I wanted to share it with all of you. This is the first time in my clinical experience with...
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