Why won't this wound heal, and what should I do about it?

Abstract

Dorothy B. Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN, is Director, Emory University WOC Nursing Education Center, The Emory Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, NE, Room AT732, Atlanta, GA 30322 ([email protected]). Editor’s Note: I’m very pleased to introduce our first “Wound Care Strategies” column which will now appear monthly in HHN. Dorothy B. Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN, from Emory University’s WOC Nursing Education Center at The Emory Clinic in Atlanta will author this monthly clinical update focused specifically on the questions and concerns home care clinicians face daily. We want this to be an interactive column, so please send in your questions, comments, and ideas for column topics via e-mail to me ([email protected]) or to Ms. Doughty ([email protected]).