Wound and Ostomy Care at Home

If you need wound or ostomy care, the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) offers specialty enterostomal therapy (ET) services within your home. Our nurses provide wound evaluation and treatment recommendations and work closely with the entire homecare team to coordinate your ET care. We also work closely with you, your physician and your regular caregivers to offer appropriate care and instructional guidance.

VNA's wound care services include Vacuum Assisted Closure (VAC), dressing changes and in-home instruction and guidance for wounds of the following nature:

• Burns
• Pressure ulcers (also known as bedsores or decubitus ulcers)
• Diabetic ulcers
• Surgical wounds
• Fistulas
• Wounds at gastrostomy tube sites

The overarching goal of VNA's ET therapy services is not only to treat wounds and manage your pain, but also to advance your ability to care for your wounds and watch for signs of infections or other complications.

All of VNA's ET nurses adhere to rigorous standards of practice established by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board (WOCNCB). Our ET staff includes nurses who are certified by the WOCNCB and are entitled to use the designations of Certified in Enterostomal Therapy Nursing (CETN) or Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing (WOCN).

To find out if you qualify for wound and ostomy care services from VNA, please read our home health qualification guidelines. Additionally, you and your regular caregiver(s) must be willing and able to cooperate with the plan of care.