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Pressure Ulcers

Litigation Basics: What Health Care Professionals Need to Know

August 11, 2022
The United States is one of the most litigious nations in the world, with the result that numerous medical malpractice lawsuits are initiated against hospitals and other health care facilities, as wel...

Making a Daily Difference in Preventing Pressure Injuries

March 1, 2017
By Janet Wolfson PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA As I read through wound care articles on pressure injuries and treatments, I keep going back to one thought: why are they still occurring? They are preventa...

Moving Nursing Forward After the NPUAP Pressure Injury Staging Changes

July 21, 2016
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I was not at the April National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) meeting, but I do think some of critical commentary that has followed the announcement of the...

Mucosal Membrane Pressure Injuries

November 1, 2023
Mucosal membrane pressure injuries are device-related pressure injuries (DRPI) of the mucous membrane. These hospital-acquired injuries are generally considered preventable....

Patient Preparation for Pressure Injury Prevention

October 28, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors With aging populations facing increasingly complex comorbid medical conditions coupled with polypharmacy and multidrug-resistant organisms, wound healing can often feel l...

Patient Repositioning Strategies for Pressure Injury Prevention

December 20, 2016
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN This past fall, I attended the New England WOCN Society regional conference. While I am still processing all the great information that I absorbed there, I'd like ...

Pressure Injuries and Flap Surgery

October 31, 2020
Patients who develop stage 3 and 4 pressure injuries with prolonged wound chronicity and complexity may require surgical intervention. One surgical method used to encourage healing in pressure injurie...

Pressure Injury and Microclimate: How Linen Layers May Contribute

February 14, 2024
Pressure injuries (PI) and their effect on patients across settings are a growing concern for wound care professionals. Of note, patients with pressure injuries admitted to the ICU have a significantl...

Pressure Injury Interventions in Special Populations

October 28, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors Pressure injuries require complex care. They can be incredibly painful for patients, and they represent an enormous financial burden on the health care system. Nationally...

Pressure Injury Monitoring: Using Technology in a Time of Hospital Overcrowding

November 30, 2021
In the last 2 years, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities have seen unprecedented surges in admissions attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world. Just in the United States, we ...
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