I'm a relatively new nurse (2 years), and have been working as a charge nurse/wound care nurse in my LTC facility. I'm basically learning by experience, as I'm not certified as a wound care nurse, and am looking for any advice anyone can give me... I'm in the process of going to school to finish my BSN, but feel like I need help with my wound care skills
right now. Are there any sites out there that can help me with assessments & treatments? I'm doing a good job (if I do say so myself), and have done much better than I'd anticipated, but because my experience is so limited, I'm constantly looking for resources to help me to find new, better and more appropriate treatments. The facility I work in pretty much gives me carte blanche in regards to what treatments I choose to use, which is great in some respects, and frightening in others (I don't want to 'experiment' on anyone, and potentially make anyones wound worse), therefore I stick with the limited number of treatments I've been exposed to, which have been very successful thus far.
Does anyone have any advice? Any sites or resources I can learn from?
Thank you!!!!
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