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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

How to Select the Appropriate Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device for Your Patient

June 30, 2016
by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Recently, we've reviewed application and documentation strategies for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), but what about navigatin...

If No Pressure Prevents Pressure Ulcers, Does Negative Pressure Heal Them?

October 9, 2013
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN So after I last wrote, I was to assist with a dressing change, as the resident is more relaxed with somebody having their focus on her and not also trying to do th...

Infection Management: Frequently Asked Questions

August 20, 2020
By Thomas E. Serena, MD, and Khristina Harrell, RN With apologies to Nietzsche: "What kills you makes you dead." The slow painful death of large and expensive in-person conferences has begun. Techn...

Is NPWT Enough? Three Products Commonly Combined with Negative Pressure

February 8, 2013
By Beth Hawkins Bradley RN, MN, CWON Finding the key to unlocking a non-healing chronic wound keeps us awake at night. Though we have, as bedside clinicians, learned much about the physiology and b...

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Reimbursement

October 31, 2021
Advanced therapeutic devices in wound care can be among your greatest tools for encouraging wound closure. However, it can be disappointing when you may have an advanced modality in mind, but it is de...

Opinion: Financial Stewardship in Hospitals and Wound Clinics

February 6, 2020
By Lydia Corum RN MSN CWCN The times are changing in the world of wound care. There used to be a time when there were no problems with reimbursements, as long as the doctor wrote the order. Today, ...

Pain and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

March 26, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN The Patient Assessment You've been asked to evaluate a patient for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It turns out they're a pe...
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