On April 13, 2016, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) announced changes in pressure …
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Antibiotic resistance is a pressing public health threat not only in the United States, but worldwid…
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Being positive in a negative situation is not naïve. It’s leadership.
— Ralph S. Marston, Jr., au…
At the 2015 Wild on Wounds conference, the interactive workshop “Are You Ready for an Outp…
Immobility affects all our body systems, including our skin. According to the National Pressure Ulce…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
Many factors can contribute to the formation of a press…
By Sharon Morrison, MAT, RN
Michael had diabetes and a history of elevated blood glucose levels. …
By Terry Eggenberger, PhD, RN, CNE, CNL; Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN; and Kathryn Keller,…
By Bill Richlen, PT, WCC, DWC, and Denise Richlen, PT, WCC, DCCT
How many times have you heard som…
By Kathleen D. Schaum, MS
Qualified healthcare professionals (QHPs), such as physicians, podiatri…
By Kari Olson Finnegan, BSN, and Liz Ferron, MSW, LICSW
If you have at least one parent age 65 or…
By Joy Hooper, BSN, RN, CWOCN, OMS
Have you ever had an idea for improving patient care that you …
By Laura L. Barry, MBA, MMsc, and Maureen Sirois, MSN, RN, CEN, ANP
Why is it that some things do…
By Jennifer Oakley, BS, RN, WCC, DWC, OMS
It’s time again for annual staff education, and you, th…
By Pam Bowers, RN, and Liz Ferron, MSW, LICSW
Conflict in the workplace is a fact of life, and de…
By Yolanda G. Smith, MSN, RN, CCRN
Are you able to relax, have fun, and enjoy the simple pleasure…
By Cheryl Ericson, MS, RN, CCDS, CDIP
Providers are often surprised at how pages upon pages of do…
By Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, and Dana Marie Dillard, MS, HSMI
Like many cli…
By: Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
Years ago, when I first started out in the wound…
By Carrie Carls, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CHRN, and Sherry Clayton, RHIA
In an atmosphere of changing reim…
By Julie Boertje, MS, RN, LMFT, QMRP, and Liz Ferron, MSW, LICSW
Almost everyone agrees that achi…
By Bill Richlen, PT, WCC, CWS, DWC, and Denise Stetter, PT, WCC, DCCT
The Rolling Stones may have…
By Toni Ann Loftus, MBA, RN, MHA
Meetings are a powerful communication tool. They bring together …
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
As wound care clinicians, we know that an interdiscipli…
Aresolution is a serious decision or determination to do, or not to do, something. Traditionally, mo…
By Kathleen D. Pagana, PhD, RN
Are you making connections that benefit your career? Are you comfo…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
A pressure ulcer that a patient acquires in your facili…
by Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
With uncertainty over how the Affordable Care Act…
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
Unfortunately, most clinicians can’t avoid having to wo…
By Gregory S. Kopp, RN, MN, MHA
A new job can be stimulating, but it can also be stressful. Not o…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
Navigating through the thousands of wound care products…