Carol Emanuele beat cancer. But for the last two years, the Philadelphia woman has been fighting her…
Accurate assessment and documentation of wounds is essential for developing a comprehensive plan of …
Research shows that a skin-graft harvesting system aids chronic wound recovery and reduces care cost…
The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) describes support surfaces as “specialized device…
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New illustrations for…
Electrical stimulation and pressure ulcer healing in SCI patients
A systematic review of eight clin…
On April 13, 2016, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) announced changes in pressure …
Management of biofilm recommendations
The Journal of Wound Care has published “Recommendations for …
Antibiotic resistance is a pressing public health threat not only in the United States, but worldwid…
Just when we think we’ve figured out pressure ulcer staging, it changes again. In April 2016, the Na…
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Human traffi…
Turning programs are essential to prevent and promote healing of pressure ulcers and to prevent the …
Optimizing nutritional status is a key strategy both in preventing and managing pressure ulcers. In …
Imagine watching your skin tear, bleed, and turn purple. Imagine, too, the pain and disfigurement yo…
Self-management ostomy program improves HRQOL
A five-session ostomy self-care program with a curric…
Developing a pressure ulcer can cause the patient pain, lead to social isolation, result in reduced …
We all lead busy lives, with demanding work schedules and home responsibilities that can thwart our …
Immobility affects all our body systems, including our skin. According to the National Pressure Ulce…
By Gail R. Hebert, MS, RN CWCN, DWC, WCC, OMS
How would you react if you heard a 600-lb patient w…
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Be a nutrition champion
One in three patients ent…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
Many factors can contribute to the formation of a press…
By Roxana Reyna, BSN, RNC-NIC, WCC, CWOCN
As wound care clinicians, we are trained—and expected—t…
By Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
Pressure ulcers have been a health concern for a …
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Nutrition and pressure ulcers
Advances in Skin &…
By Cindy Barefield, BSN, RN-BC, CWOCN
Like many hospitals, Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
A declining pressure ulcer decreases the quality of life…
By Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
Keeping clinicians up to date on clinical knowled…
By Nancy Morgan, RN, BSN, MBA, WOC, WCC, DWC, OMS
Each issue, Apple Bites brings you a tool you c…
By Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
In 2014, more than 8,000 new articles related to wo…
By Hedy Badolato, RD, CSR, CNSC; Denise Dacey, RD, CDE; Kim Stevens, BSN, RN, CCRN; Jen Fox, BSN, RN…
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Considering opioid-prescribing practices…
By: Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
A medical device–related pressure ulcer (MDRPU) …
Aspirin inhibits wound healing
A study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine describes how aspiri…
By: Ronald A. Sherman, MD; Sharon Mendez, RN, CWS; and Catherine McMillan, BA
Maggot therapy is t…
By Rosalyn S. Jordan, BSN, RN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC, and Sandra Phipps, BSN, RN, MBA, WCC
Pressure-ulc…
By Joanne Aspiras Jovero, BSEd, BSN, RN; Hussam Al-Nusair, MSc Critical Care, ANP, RN; and Marilou M…
By Ron Rock MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Since its introduction almost 20 years ago, negative-pressure wound …
Hospital pressure-ulcer comparison data not accurate
Performance scores for rates of hospital-acqui…
Dermatologic difficulties: Skin problems in patients with chronic venous insufficiency and phlebolym…
By Tamera L. Brown, MS, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, and Jessica Kitterman, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Pressure ulcers …
By Ronnel Alumia, BSN, RN, WCC, CWCN, OMS
Achieving excellent wound care outcomes can be challeng…
By Jeri Lundgren, BSN, RN, PHN, CWS, CWCN
The first 24 hours after a patient’s admission are crit…
By Patricia A. Slachta, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN
Assessing moisture and pressure risk in elderly pati…
By Carrie Carls, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CHRN; Michael Molyneaux, MD; and William Ryan, CHT
Every year, 1…
By Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
Staging pressure ulcers can be challenging. Below…
By: Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, CWCMS, DWC, OMS
The most basic principle of healing a wound is to d…
By Ronald Rock, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC
Complex wound failures are costly and time-consuming. They increase…
By: Darlene Hanson, MS, RN, Pat Thompson, MS, RN, Diane Langemo, PhD, RN, FAAN, Susan Hunter, MS, R…