What, you may wonder, is a wound, ostomy, continence, foot care nurse? Most people who ask what I do have had some type of experience with wound care, even if only an accidental cut, scrape or burn.

Re: “5 health care jobs on the rise” [April 28, Careers]: This article overlooked a nursing specialty that focuses on a specific critical need of our senior population, which is also often ignored.

PROVIDENCE – Claudia Dunagan's 98-year-old homebound diabetic mother could no longer cut her own toenails without drawing blood three years ago, when she began receiving visits at their Cranston home ...