CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Great Comebacks® Program today presented Harriet Pilert, RN, MS, COCN with the WOC Nurse Great Comebacks® Award at the opening ceremony of the Wound, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of ...

Patients undergoing abdominal surgery for ostomy placement have high rates of hospital readmissions and emergency department visits—often involving ostomy-related complications, reports a study in the ...

For many years, ostomy surgery was rarely spoken of. It is performed for a variety of disease processes, including birth defects, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, incontinence and cancer. It can be ...

Ostomy nurse's dual role The role of an ostomy nurse is educational as well as therapeutic. Atkinson worked to set up a system that would be best for Taplin, taking into consideration the contours of ...

What does a wound and ostomy nurse specialist do? We provide care to people with abdominal stomas, wounds, fistulas, drains, pressure ulcers and/or continence disorders. I happen to work in a hospital ...

An ostomy is a surgically created opening in which the small or large intestine is brought out through an opening in the abdominal wall. Patients with inflammatory bowel disease like ulcerative ...

Enterostomal therapy nurse plays a crucial role in defining the life of an ostomy patient. Mrs. Anjali Patwardhan, formerly associated with TATA Memorial Hospital – Mumbai, delves into the issues of ...

What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of experience with wound care, even if only an accidental cut, scrape or burn.