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Assess, educate and recommend care for patients with wounds and ostomies.

Assessed d, educate and recommended skin, wound/ostomy care to patients in acute care, long term care and in primary care clinics . Assessed patients and wrote orders for wound and ostomy carend performed wound debridement when needed. Provided wound and ostomy care education for hospital/nursing staff, patients and families in acute care, long term care and in primary care. Evaluated specialty beds, mattresses for pressure ulcer prevention and care. Evaluated and recommended products for wound/ostomy/skin care. Wrote and revised policies and procedures for pressure ulcer management, skin, wound and ostomy care. Conducted annual skin/wound care fairs for hospital and nursing staff. Oriented new nursing staff about pressure ulcer prevention/care and wound care. Performed pre-op ostomy teaching and marked pre-op stoma sites for patients with new ostomies.