A: As a wound care expert, pressure injury prevention remains at the top of my list. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that 2.5 million patients per year experience pressure ...

As home health providers increasingly serve people with more complicated and serious conditions, and the push for ...

Led by Georgina McKay, Tissue Viability Specialist Nurse, Care Plus Group Background to learning Care Plus Group provides community health and care services, supporting adults of all ages across North ...

Julie Clennell, Director of Nursing, Allied Health Professionals and Quality – Locala Community Partnerships. Background to learning Locala is a Social Enterprise, community provider of NHS funded ...

Have you ever wondered what makes a great nurse? Beyond compassion and dedication, technical proficiency plays a huge role in ...

Tariffs declared by the US that had been set to start for two nations overnight would push costs up for many healthcare items.

If Lorillie Soleta, DNP, had created a “Best of” list for 2024, you’d likely find her recent volunteer medical education trip ...

Primary dressings, such as foam or hydrogel ... costs after the lifetime reserve days When someone receives wound care in a skilled nursing facility, the coinsurance is: $0 for days 1 to 20 ...

Examples of skilled nursing needs include complex wound dressings, rehabilitation ... services if a physician has deemed that a patient requires skilled nursing care and the following services will ...

Some regional aged care providers say elderly clients have to find a bed hundreds of kilometres away from home due to high demand. They say the mandated nurse-to-patient ratio and a shortage of ...

Kirsty Stephenson, a nursing simulation fellow based in the clinical skills building at Hull Royal Infirmary, said: “People learn in different ways and seeing what an ulcer actually looks like rather ...

After that, they apply a wound dressing to absorb drainage and reduce the risk of infection. If additional treatment is needed for wounds that are chronic or that progress, specialized wound care ...