Donna Nair
- Wound Nurse Consultant
- Lymphoedema Practitioner
- Geelong, Ballarat & Telehealth
Resources
The following links are provided to support our clients, the clinicians we work alongside and the wider community with easy access to evidenced-informed resources and education. Please discuss your specific health care needs with a health professional or contact Good Wound Care today.
Patient Resources
Connected Wound Care Health Care Guides
Easy to read wound brochures on skin tears, nutrition, pressure injury skin checks, skin care, venous leg ulcers, high risk feet, compression garments
Consumer and Health Professional Resources
Preventing Pressure Injuries – Public Resources
Pressure injury prevention leaflets in multiple languages and excellent videos on spinal cord injury pressure care
YouTube clip about how to look after your lymphoedema with simple exercise and self-management
Inspiring interviews of people living with lymphoedema
Lymphoedema Awareness and self-massage techniques
Education for patients and practitioners to detect, manage and treat lymphoedema
Lymphoedema Association Australia
Advocacy and support from a community of people with lived experience
Informative webinar from an expert Australian panel and those with lived experience of cellulitis in lymphoedema
Lipoedema affects many Australian woman and can be associated with Lymphoedema
Lymphatic Education and Resource Network
Consumer downloads on a range of Lymphedema (US) topics
Guidance and resources from the UK Lymphoedema Community
Consumer and clinician resources on skin injury prevention
A UK based coalition of healthcare organisations providing a wealth of comprehensive consumer information on leg health and leg problems
What is a leg club? “every town needs a Leg Club”
Leg Clubs are a highly successful social model of healthcare for those with wounds on the leg. Check out the Leg Club YouTube channel for a wealth of patient videos on leg care, wound care and oedema
Australia now has a number of leg clubs in operation. Good Wound Care promotes the work of Leg Clubs, having previously supported the Healthy Leg Club in Daylesford
Free reliable information on all things skin.
How well do you know your feet?
Consumer and Clinician resources
Limbs for Life Empowering amputees
Support to amputees, their families and care givers.
For burn outpatients on aspects of burn care at home
To learn about weight neutral care and what a HAES® Approach means, please see our FAQ page “What is a HAES® / weight neutral approach, and what’s special about it for our clients?”
Health Professional Resources
General
High Performance Nursing Podcast Listen to Donna’s interview with Liam Caswell on a career in Wound Care and what the fundamentals of Wound Care really are – hint: its not about the dressing.
Wounds Canada 2018, Skin: Anatomy, Physiology and Wound Healing
Pressure Injury
Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance
European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel
National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel
Skin Tears
International Skin Tear Advisory Panel
Wound Infection
International Wound Infection Institute
Wound Infection in Clinical Practice, Principles of Best Practice 2022
Lymphoedema, Chronic Oedema, Lipoedema
Australasian Lymphology Association
Consensus Guideline: Management of Cellulitis in Lymphoedema
ALA approved Lymphoedema Training Providers
International Lymphoedema Framework
Lymphatic and Education Research Network
Social Media Resources
Donna regularly shares resources on her social media channels. Follow and connect today.
Disclaimer: Good Wound Care provides these resources and links in good faith to those wanting to learn more about wounds. While we carefully select these resources for inclusion on our website, these do not constitute the provision of professional advice. Links do not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them. Education and presentations are external to Good Wound Care and we do not guarantee or accept legal liability whatsoever arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of any information and materials contained on our website or any linked sites.
