In December 2007, I served as WOC nurse manager in a large health care system in upstate South Carolina. Part of my role was to evaluate WOC nursing care delivery, identify unmet needs, and develop programs to meet those needs. At the time this project began, our health care system employed 3 fulltime equivalent (FTE) WOC nurses. Although we provided both inpatient and outpatient services, WOC nursing services were primarily delivered in our acute care hospital, along with occasional services to ostomy patients in an outpatient clinic.

Chronic venous insufficiency is a prevalent disease that frequently leads to development of venous leg ulcers. While a number of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines have been developed that provide guidance for clinicians when caring for patients with chronic venous insufficiency, they lack adequate detail concerning selection and application of compression for prevention and management of venous leg ulcers. In order to address this need, the WOCN Society appointed a task force to develop an algorithm for compression for primary prevention, treatment, and prevention of recurrent venous leg ulcers in persons with chronic venous insufficiency.

The purpose of this study was to determine whether nurses could use a structured intervention to educate patients with wounds about foods that promote healing and whether this educational intervention could be provided in a cost-effective manner.

The purpose of this study was to examine RNs' attitudes toward pressure injury (PI) prevention strategies. Barriers and facilitators perceived by RNs to potentially impact on the adoption and implementation of PI prevention interventions in the intensive care unit (ICU) were examined.

The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors for developing pressure injuries (PIs) in patients placed on a static air support surfaces: mattress overlay, heel wedge, and seat cushion.

The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experiences of persons with stomas related to sexual function and perceptions and their expectations of the ostomy nurses who care for them.

To determine factors that influence health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after ostomy surgery in Muslim patients.

The aim of this study was to determine the impact of colostomy and ileostomy on Muslim patients' acts of worship.

Having cared for person with ostomies for the most psrt of my 30 years of practice as an RN, there is little doubt that receiving news that stoma surgery is necessary can be emotionally distressing for patients. I also believe this is a global phenomenon, irrespective of ethnicity, religion, or culture.

While there is extensive literature regarding nocturnal enuresis in children and young adults, relatively little research explores this problem in older people. This scoping review sought to identify knowledge gaps and provide research direction specifically for older, institutionalized adults with nocturnal enuresis.

To investigate the interactions among well-known influencing factors for urinary incontinence (UI), fecal incontinence (FI), and double urinary and fecal incontinence (DI) in the nursing home and hospital setting and to identify profiles of UI, FI, and DI residents and patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of intravaginal neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) and transcutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (TTNS) on lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and health-related quality of life in women undergoing pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training (PFMT) with multiple sclerosis (MS) and to compare the efficacy of these 2 approaches.

The purpose of this study was to determine occurrence rates of catheter-related problems and their association to pertinent clinical characteristics in men with indwelling urinary catheters following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.

On page 305 of the article mentioned above, the lettering in some of the text boxes of figure 2 were dropped off the text. The entire figure is reprinted below.

In patients with acute lung injury and/or severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), prone positioning is a therapeutic intervention to improve oxygenation. Positioning a patient in a prone position increases the risk of medical device–related pressure ulcers in the facial area.