Evidence in Practice: Updates on LEAD Wound Care

Episode Resources:LEAD Guideline (4th Edition)Mobile Guideline SeriesKnowledge-to-Action Framework - Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)PAD National Action Plan - American Heart AssociationGet With the Guidelines - American Heart Association2024 LEAD Guideline Executive Summary - Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN®)ECRI Guidelines TrustWorld Federation of Vascular SocietiesInternational Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF)WOCNext® Conference SessionsWOCN Society Document Library: Wound Resources About the Speaker:Phyllis Bonham, PhD, MSN, RN, CWOCN, DPNAP, FAAN, brings nearly 60 years of nursing experience, with more than 50 years dedicated to wound, ostomy, and continence (WOC) care in clinical, academic, administrative, and research roles. She developed and directed the WOCN® Society–Accredited Wound Care Education Program at MUSC for 17 years and is widely recognized as a speaker, educator, and published author in peer-reviewed journals and textbooks on lower-extremity arterial disease (LEAD) and wound management.Since 2000, Dr. Bonham has played a leading role on WOCN Society Clinical Guideline Task Forces, contributing to the development and updates of 13 evidence-based guidelines addressing wounds from LEAD, lower extremity venous disease (LEVD), diabetes/neuropathy, and pressure injuries. She has chaired the Wound Guidelines Task Force since 2012 and served as a primary author for the 2024 LEAD guideline update, as well as co-author of multiple executive summaries published in the Journal of Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (JWOCN®).Her service to the WOCN Society includes leadership as President-Elect (2007–2009), President (2009–2011), and Past President (2011–2012), as well as roles as Clinical Editor (2011–2017), Co-Section Editor for wound research for JWOCN, and faculty for the Wound Treatment Associate (WTA®) Program Committee.Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.