It has been my absolute pleasure to know Michelle over many years. Her knowledge about wound management, her generosity in sharing this and her compassion for her patients are just outstanding. Her responses to these interview questions are insightful and informative. They also beautifully illustrate
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases conducts an excellent blog called the "Diabetes Discoveries and Practice Blog". In July 2021, the Blog posted an excellent interview style article with Dr Jose Luschinger, where he discusses the impacts of diabetes on cognition. He states
Wounds UK recently released a Best Practice Statement on "addressing skin tone bias in wound care". The document contains many useful tips, of which one Table presents
The Wound Guy Network working in partnership with health-shared.com virtual community team The Wound Guy Network has started a collaborative partnership with health-shared.com, a Web App created by doctors from Imperial College London, to develop a virtual ‘Community of Practice’. As a partner, The Wound
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
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
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
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
Health professionals regularly care for people who experience shin injuries and observe that the affected limb is often swollen after the trauma. Recent work mapping the lower limb lymphatic pathways has demonstrated that the anterolateral lymph vessels proceed from the lateral ankle and progress across
The Leg Club model for community-based care of individuals with leg wounds is unique. This recently released research paper and the emergence of a Foundation database provides valuable insights into how care can be delivered and the outcomes that can be obtained. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.13522