Terry Swanson

Theresa “Terry” Swanson
Nurse Practitioner Wound Management
NP, MHSc FAWMA, FMACNP.

Terry Swanson completed her undergraduate work in the USA before immigrating to Australia. She was endorsed by NBV in 2003 and Victorian Government in 2004 as one of the first Nurse Practitioners in her state and specialty of wound management. Terry was admitted as a Fellow of the Australian Wound Management Association in 2010 for her significant contribution to wound management at a state, national and international level. She is the current Chair of the International Wound Infection Institute (IWII) and chaired the development and publication of the 2016 IWII Consensus Document Update on Wound Infection and was Co- chair of the 2022 publication.  

Terry has published and presented on chronic wounds and wound infection nationally and internationally. She was the co-author and co- editor for the book Wound Management for the Advanced Practitioner. In 2023 Terry and her colleagues formed the Australian Wound and Skin Alliance which she was the inaugural chair and is now the Secretary.

She has held positions of responsibility of various nursing and wound related boards locally, nationally, and internationally. Her latest position is Co-Chair of the Supporting Societies of the World Union Wound Healing Societies. (WUWHS) Frequently, Terry is an invited speaker nationally and internationally and loves to share her knowledge and passion of helping to heal and provide best practice.

When not thinking about or working with wounds Terry is passionate about family time and travel, SCUBA diving, the environment, friendships, and walking.