Wound Care

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Websites

• Accu-Ruler - Ruler for measuring wounds

• American Academy of Wound Management (AAWM) - Multidisciplinary certifying board for nurses, OTs, MDs, PTs, etc. 
• e-jottings about tissue viability - Care plans, guidelines, pictures, and articles on wound care
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel - Multidisciplinary site for pressure ulcer prevention and management
• Pressure Ulcer Prevention Page-Site features some interesting information pertaining to pressure ulcer prevention from a nursing research perspective.
• Proper Documentation Of Pressure Ulcers-Proper documentation is necessary for medical, legal and reimbursement reasons, this excellent guide to how & what to chart about pressure ulcers will help you do it well.

• Sepsis Bed Sore Pressure Ulcer - Learn more about bed sores, pressure sores, sepsis, decubitus ulcers, and pressure ulcers. Click here to find out more about nursing home abuse and your legal rights. 

• Taking Care of Pressure Sores-Excellent guide to stages of pressure sores and how to care for them as well as very useful information for patients.
• The Regulation Of Wound Healing - From the University of FLorida Medical School Grand Rounds Online
• University of Iowa Chronic Wound Healing site - Assessment, nursing care, and more
• World Wide Wounds - An online journal of wound care
• Wound Care International - Clinical information, journals, links
• Wound Care - From Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Springhouse, the home of Advances in Skin and Wound Care, a comprehensive site that includes free articles about wound care as well as news about new products, conferences, and trends in wound care
• Wound Care Information Network - Wound care forums for the clinician
• Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society - Professional organization
• WoundTx - Wound Journal Club and more