Staff Nurse - RN - Wound Care - Home Care Salary in the United States

Staff Nurse - RN - Wound Care - Home Care provides home care to patients with stomas, draining wounds, fistulae, incontinence, or potential or actual tissue trauma. Manages patients with post-operative surgical wounds requiring packing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), pressure ulcers and vascular ulcers. Being a Staff Nurse - RN - Wound Care - Home Care provides support and education to patients and their families, including pre and post-operative teaching, wound care, ostomy care, and ostomy appliance maintenance/troubleshooting. Typically requires a bachelor's degree in nursing. Additionally, Staff Nurse - RN - Wound Care - Home Care requires a RN license and wound care certification such as CWCN or CWS. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. Staff Nurse - RN - Wound Care - Home Care's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2022 Salary.com)... View full job description