Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN 1 1 Past President, National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP), Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN), Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB), CNS/WOC Nurse Cone Health ...
- February 15, 2017
Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN Past President, National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society (WOCN) Past President, Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB) CNS/WOC Nurse Cone Health...
- February 15, 2017
Judy Wells1 1 Stomal Therapist/Continence Consultant, The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne An education package, to help smooth transition and demystify this strange sounding procedure , was needed .The Mitrofanoff Support Australia [ MSA ] together with funding from Hollister, Department of Health and Human...
- January 30, 2017
A/Prof. (Adj) Craig Allingham EMBA, FSMA, APAM, NSAA Men’s Health Physiotherapist Author: Prostate Recovery MAP – Men’s Action Plan Men have a different attitude to their health than do women. We take a more functional view of health meaning if...
- January 25, 2017
Dr Jill Campbell RN, PhD., NsgCert(Intensive Care), BApp Sc (Nursing), GradCert (Sexual Reproductive Heath), GradDip(Wound Care), MACN1 1 Skin Integrity Clinical Nurse, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital BACKGROUND: Despite multiple shared risk factors, prevention and management of iatrogenic skin injuries,...
- January 24, 2017
Sue Croft1 1Physiotherapist Highgate Hill, Brisbane You can never do too many pelvic floor exercises…….or can you? Having an overactive pelvic floor can impact on voiding and defaecation throughout your lifespan, with implications from when parents first begin toilet...
- January 24, 2017
Professor Kerry Reid-Searl CQUniversity Australia Background Teaching nursing students how to care for a patient’s personal and intimate needs such as occurs in managing a stoma in the safety net of a classroom is an area that has not...
- December 20, 2016
Berryman, Jacqueline STN CNC1, Clarke, Renuka STN CNC2 1 Epworth Richmond, 89 Bridge Road, Richmond, VIC 3121, Jackie.Berryman@epworth.org.au 2 Epworth Richmond, 89 Bridge Road, Richmond, VIC 3121, Renuka.Clarke@epworth.org.au Nurses often question their workloads in order to meet their patients’...
- November 13, 2016
Dr Michelle Gibb PhD M NsgSci(NP) M Wound Care BN1 1Clinical Director Wound Management Innovation CRC Wounds are a silent epidemic and estimated to affect more than 433,000 people in Australia and cost the healthcare system more than $2.85 billion...
- November 8, 2016
Carmel Boylan1 1 Stomal/Wound Management Locum Nurse Practitioner, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth, WA. The aim of this paper is to outline the indications for appendicostomy formation, its ongoing management and to highlight the requirement for patient compliance...
- November 6, 2016