A HAPI Opinion Commentary

Affiliations

¹ At the North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, Mary R. Brennan, MBA, RN, CWON, is Clinical Development Educator; Elizabeth Grahn, MSN, NP-C, CWOCN, is Senior Manager, Wound and Ostomy Services. Alisha Oropallo, MD, FACS, FAWPCA, is Director, Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, Lake Success, New York. Nicole Probst, MS, RN, AGNP-C, CWOCN, is Manager, Patient Care, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, New York. Deborah Reynolds, BA, RN, CWOCN, is Clinical Professional Development Educator, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Julie Rivera, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN, is Clinical Professional Development Educator, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, NY.

Mary R Brennan et al. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 1;34(11):569-571.

doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000792936.94123.e7.

¹ At the North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, New York, Mary R. Brennan, MBA, RN, CWON, is Clinical Development Educator; Elizabeth Grahn, MSN, NP-C, CWOCN, is Senior Manager, Wound and Ostomy Services. Alisha Oropallo, MD, FACS, FAWPCA, is Director, Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, Lake Success, New York. Nicole Probst, MS, RN, AGNP-C, CWOCN, is Manager, Patient Care, Huntington Hospital, Huntington, New York. Deborah Reynolds, BA, RN, CWOCN, is Clinical Professional Development Educator, Phelps Memorial Hospital, Sleepy Hollow, NY. Julie Rivera, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN, is Clinical Professional Development Educator, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, NY.

No abstract available

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