Pressure Ulcers

Offloading is a cornerstone of pressure injury (PI) prevention. Certain patient populations, conditions, and environmental or institutional factors pose challenges to effective offloading that provide...

Pressure injuries are injuries to the skin and deeper tissues that occur due to direct pressure, shear, or friction forces. It is estimated that in the United States, 2.5 million pressure injuries occ...

Pressure injuries (PIs) typically are the result of unrelieved pressure, shear, or force. In an inpatient or hospital setting, interventions are put into place to prevent pressure injuries based on ev...

In this interview, Kelly McFee, DNP, FNP-C, CWS, CWCN-AP, FACCWS, DAPWCA discusses what equipment may cause device-related pressure injury (DRPI), primary factors for DRPI development, prevention meth...

As the body's largest organ, skin has multiple functions, causes, and manifestations of failure at end of life. The concept of skin failure was first proposed in 1991 and continues to impact how injur...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP The Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Sore Risk® category of activity focuses on how much (or how little) the resident can move independently. A resident can s...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, CWOCN-AP A common misconception by nurses is sometimes predicting nutritional status based on a resident's weight. Weight is not always a good predictor of nutritional sta...

Moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) is becoming increasingly prevalent in today’s health care system. Often associated with discomfort and pain, MASD ultimately negatively impacts quality of life. ...

Many questions arise and confusion develops when wound care providers mention Kennedy terminal ulcers (KTUs). Because these wounds are not frequently seen, and because they develop rapidly and observa...