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.

"I was not going to miss it," said Taplin, who was dealing with a colostomy at the time. Taplin had found help from Jodie Atkinson, a nurse at Clinton's Mercy Medical Center, who has been accredited ...

Despite 76% of patients referred for home health care being denied in 2022 (a 22% increase from 2019), we know health care is moving home with an increase in HHA referral volumes by 11% since 2020.