This study explored the experiences and preferences of Hispanic patients with ostomy and caregivers to tailor an existing intervention to this patient group.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of ...

What does a wound and ostomy nurse specialist do? We provide care to people with abdominal stomas, wounds, fistulas, drains, pressure ulcers and/or continence disorders. I happen to work in a hospital ...

For many people diagnosed with colorectal cancer, surgery can bring lifesaving treatment but also lasting changes.

Patients at hospitals staffed by nurses who’ve earned specialty certification in wound, ostomy and continence care are less likely to experience pressure injuries, according to a recent study ...

"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 ...

For many years, ostomy surgery was rarely spoken of. It is performed for a variety of disease processes, including birth defects, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, incontinence and cancer. It can be ...

When Heather Botteicher returned to Little Rock after six years as an ICU nurse, she didn’t plan to take over the family ...

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.