Navigating the Transition: A Nurse’s Guide to Goals-of-Care for Nonhealable Wounds

1. When Healing is No Longer the Goal: The Clinical Paradox As Palliative Wound Care Specialists, we frequently encounter the limits of physiological repair. In…

Comfort First: A Nurse’s Guide to Palliative Wound Care and Skin Changes at Life’s End

1. Introduction: Redefining Success in Wound Care In our clinical practice, we often face the profound frustration of wounds that simply will not close. For…

Understanding Maintenance Wounds: When the Goal Shifts from Healing to Comfort

1. Introduction: Defining the Maintenance Wound In clinical practice, we are professionally conditioned to view wound closure as the only metric of success. Acute wounds…