The Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) has launched a new animated film to celebrate the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. The year 2020 was originally designated as the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Organization (WHO) to coincide with the 200th anniversary of
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I had the fabulous opportunity of first meeting Ellie Lindsay in Yokohama, Japan in 2012. I was presenting in a break-out room in the same group with her. She was up first. So I got to hear her beautiful “Queen Mother” voice as she spoke
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The World Union of Wound Healing Societies has its next meeting in Abu Dhabi in 2022.
Continue ReadingPress Release For immediate release 4th June 2021 Leg Club Network working in partnership with health-shared.com virtual community team The Leg Club Network has started a collaborative partnership with doctors from the Imperial College London who are working together to develop a virtual ‘Community of Practice’ to help make
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Dear Australia, The Nurses of Australia are thinking of you in this uncertain time, brought about by the unpredictability of COVID‐19; it has been tough for us all. We constantly think about those we tested, cared for, and others we had to say goodbye to. We held your
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An easy to read, well illustrated and important article to view if you see patients with diabetic foot callous. Written by Monica Melo. https://lermagazine.com/article/treatment-of-distal-toe-calluses-and-ulcerations?utm_sq=gqajbsa6hs&utm_source=LinkedIn&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=David+Armstrong,+DPM,+MD,+PhD&utm_content=Facts
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It is my pleasure to be involved in preparing and presenting this two-day face-to-face course with the team at Macquarie University's Australian Lymphoedema Education, Research and Treatment (ALERT) unit. Course dates and registration information are on the flyer. ALERT_LYMP8008_WM flyer
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Removing debris (slough, necrotic tissue, dressing remnants, foreign objects) from wound surfaces is an essential act in the effort to promote wound repair. Instrumentation using currettes, scalpels or scissors is an efficient way to debride a wound, whilst autolytic processes using dressings is time-consuming (but, at
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