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Author: Wound Care Advisor

Clinician Resources

 

 

Download the following free resources:

Pressure Ulcer Prevention Quick Reference Guide—developed by the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) and National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP)

http://www.epuap.org/guidelines

Pressure Ulcer Treatment Quick Reference Guide—developed by the European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) and National Pressure UlcerAdvisory Panel (NPUAP)

http://www.epuap.org/guidelines

Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH Tool)—developed by NPUAP as a tool for monitoring changes in pressure ulcer status over time

http://npuap.org/tools.htm

Access this resource for clinical practice guidelines:

National Guideline Clearinghouse

http://www.guideline.gov/index.aspx

At this site from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), you can:

  • Review guideline syntheses—comparisons of guidelines that address similar topics.
  • Do your own comparison of guidelines—generate side-by-side comparisons for two or more guidelines.
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Starting a consulting business

wound care business consult

By Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC

Starting your own consulting business is an exciting and rewarding experience: You’re the boss; you’re in charge. The question is, do you have what it takes? Along with the excitement of being the boss comes the responsibility of decisions and commitment. Your decisions will affect whether the business is a failure or a success.

To succeed in consulting, you must be an expert at recognizing problems and shaping solutions to those problems, and you must possess excellent time-management and networking skills. If you think you have what it takes to be a consultant, read on. This article gives an overview of the process.

Nature of the business

Businesses hire consultants for their expertise to help them identify problems, supplement staff, institute change, provide an objective viewpoint, or teach.
Examples of specific services you can offer include single patient reviews, serving as a member of the wound care team, making wound rounds on all patients, providing education, patient teaching, protocol development, and troubleshooting. These services are provided in many settings—long-term care, home care, long-term acute care, rehabilitation hospitals, acute-care hospitals, insurance companies, and primary-care provider groups. (more…)

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