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 ...

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Choosing and marking a stoma site, with accompanying patient education, is an important part of care for patients who may need an ostomy. Professionals involved in the care of patients undergoing ...

The national average annual wage of nursing assistants is only $36,220, although in certain states, the average pay is much higher. In a recent article, we analyzed the states where real estate agents ...

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 ...

Roughly one-third of colorectal cancer survivors require temporary or permanent ostomy formation, making perioperative counseling and survivorship planning central to long-term quality-of-life ...

Dylan Carpenter, MSN, RN, CWOCN, PCCN, MEDSURG-BC, a certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse in the Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery, recently received two prestigious awards at the 2025 ...

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.