MercyOne Des Moines Wound Care
Hours
The MercyOne Des Moines Wound Care team provides comprehensive care for patients requiring wound, ostomy and continence services. We offer convenient scheduling, patient‑centered care and a dedicated staff of highly trained, certified wound, ostomy and continence nurse practitioners and nurses.
Patient-centered care tailored to your needs
Our specialized wound care nurses provide advanced assessment and management for a wide range of needs, including:
- Surgical wounds
- Pressure ulcers
- Vascular wounds
- Ostomy‑related issues
In addition to physical care, our team supports the emotional and social challenges faced by patients with ostomies, stomas and acute or chronic wounds.
Collaborative, seamless care
To ensure continuity of care, each patient’s treatment plan is developed in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team that may include:
- Your primary care physician
- Wound care nurses
- Diabetes care professionals
- Other medical specialists as needed
Our wound care nurses also coordinate services with home care, hospice and inpatient care teams to support healing across all settings.
Services we provide
- Patients have access to a full range of advanced wound and ostomy services, including:
- Pre‑operative assessments, stoma marking and counseling
- Ostomy product selection support
- Management of pouching issues and other ostomy‑related skin concerns
- Evaluation and treatment of tube‑related complications
- Comprehensive wound management for acute and chronic wounds
- Multi‑layer compression therapy for venous ulcers
- Negative pressure wound therapy
- Advanced wound care products to promote healing
Services
- Wound Care