ProHealth One Institute
Wound care education, from the team that rounds in the buildings.
Practical clinical references on wound healing, treatment, and certification — written for the nurses and therapists doing the work, and the facilities that support them.
Wound Healing Fundamentals
The Stages of Wound Healing: A Clinical Refresher
A clinically grounded review of the four stages of wound healing — the tissue-level events, expected timing, and the findings that signal a stalled wound.
5 min readThe Phases of Wound Healing: Hemostasis, Inflammation, Proliferation, Remodeling
A mechanism-level review of the four phases of wound healing — the cells, signals, and processes underlying hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling.
6 min readSigns a Wound Is Healing vs. Stalling: What Clinicians Watch For
How to distinguish a healing wound from a stalled one at the bedside — the signs of progress, the signs of trouble, and when to escalate.
6 min readWhy Wounds Heal Slowly in Older Adults
Why wounds heal slowly in older adults — how aging skin, comorbidities, perfusion, and nutrition stall healing in the SNF and long-term care population.
6 min readWound Treatment & Management
Enzymatic Debridement: How It Works and When to Use It
A practical overview of enzymatic debridement, when it's appropriate, and how it compares with other debridement methods.
3 min readTypes of Wound Debridement Compared (Autolytic, Enzymatic, Mechanical, Sharp, Biological)
A comparison of the five primary wound debridement methods, including when each is appropriate and how they differ in speed, selectivity, and clinical use.
3 min readWound Odor Management: Causes, Assessment, and Clinical Options
What causes wound odor, how to assess it, and the clinical options for managing it — a practical primer for nursing and facility clinical staff.
4 min readManaging Wound Exudate and Drainage: Dressing Selection by Exudate Level
Assess wound exudate and match dressings to drainage level — light, moderate, heavy — in this clinical-education primer for nursing and therapy staff.
4 min readProcedures & Wound Types
Chemical Cauterization with Silver Nitrate: Managing Hypergranulation Tissue
How silver nitrate chemical cauterization manages hypergranulation tissue: mechanism, technique, frequency, and the contraindications to know.
4 min readPressure Injury Staging: Stage 1 Through 4, Unstageable, and Deep Tissue
A clinical refresher on the NPIAP pressure injury staging system, with practical guidance on the distinctions clinicians most commonly find challenging.
4 min readDiabetic Foot Ulcers: Risk, Assessment, and the Care Team
A clinical overview of diabetic foot ulcer prevention, risk assessment, examination, and the multidisciplinary care needed to preserve limb function.
4 min readPeristomal Skin and Ostomy Care Basics
A practical guide to assessing the stoma, protecting peristomal skin, achieving a reliable appliance seal, and recognizing when specialty ostomy care is needed.
3 min readCertification & Career
Wound Care Certification: A Complete Guide for Nurses and PTs
Learn what wound care certification is, who it's for, how continuing education fits in, and what to look for in an accredited certification program.
3 min readHow to Become a Certified Wound Care Nurse: Pathways and Requirements
A step-by-step guide to becoming a certified wound care nurse—from licensure and clinical experience to certification exams and continuing education.
3 min readCE Requirements for Wound Care Nurses (and How Certification Fits)
How CE requirements work for wound care nurses—license renewal versus certification renewal—and how an accredited course can help meet both at once.
2 min readFor facility decision-makers
Evaluating a wound care partner?
A buyer’s framework for Directors of Nursing and Administrators, plus a side-by-side look at what separates a visiting vendor from an integrated clinical partner.