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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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...