McKnight's November 2, 2023
The ongoing nursing shortage is also limiting the pool of wound care nurses.
“Nurses who are certified to care for wounds and ostomies are in short supply, at Kaiser Permanente and all over the country. And many are set to retire soon,” said Laureen Lazarovici, a writer for Labor Management Partnership, a joint effort by Kaiser Permanente and labor unions.
“Exquisitely acute” is how Christy Recke, a long-term care wound care specialist for Essity, describes the situation. She says high turnover among active wound and ostomy nurses is partially attributable to “lack of education or comfort in their role.”
The situation is alarming to many.
Amin Setoodeh, RN, senior vice president of Skin Health and Clinical Services for Medline,...
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