Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I was not at the April National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) meeting, but I do think some of critical commentary that has followed the announcement of the...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN "Must Love Dogs (Cats, Lizards, Snakes, Birds, AND Arachnids)." This is a line that needs to be next to all job advertisements for home health care staff. You see,...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN This past fall, I attended the New England WOCN Society regional conference. While I am still processing all the great information that I absorbed there, I'd like ...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN Having read a recent article on clean versus sterile dressing technique, commenting again on this issue seems highly appropriate. The conclusion of the paper essen...

By Margaret Heale RN, MSc, CWOCN Wrapping wounds is an art, and hence, it comes easily to some and more difficult to others. This post won't make you a wound dressing artist, but it does provide so...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN Stepping forward into a model of care that is quantitative and objective is essential and most definitely the way we are headed in wound care and beyond. Using the...

As patient-driven groupings model hits home care, patients or their caregivers will be expected to do more of the care. Subsequently, nursing staff are expected to provide more education, making "how ...

By Margaret Heale RN, MSc, CWOCN Like many people, you might go to recycling every month or so and be proud to deliver a few black bags of rubbish, and recycle most everything else. Many of you may...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I had shopped before lockdown and had not needed to go to a supermarket for a while. Before my first big shopping event, I came across this online video: preventin...