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Pressure Ulcers

Pressure Mapping for Pressure Ulcer Prevention: What Nurses Should Know

December 13, 2012
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Pressure mapping has traditionally been used by physiotherapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, orthotists and other health professionals to d...

Pressure Ulcer or Pressure Injury: Is There a Difference?

July 7, 2016
By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND The April National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) consensus conference resulted in a terminology change from pressure ulcer to pressure injury, and ...

Pressure Ulcer Prevention Education: How You Can Get Involved

September 30, 2015
by Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND Despite all of the advances in risk assessment, prevention and treatment guidelines, support surfaces, nutritional products and vigorous educational effort...

Pressure Ulcer Test Trials: How Your Facility Can Get Involved

February 27, 2013
By Karen Zulkowski DNS, RN, CWS Part 3 in a series on Pressure Ulcer Knowledge For Part 1, Click here For Part 2, Click here ...

Pressure Ulcers and Depression: The Psychological Impact of Wounds

February 4, 2015
By Lindsay D. Andronaco, RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS I have been in wound care my entire nursing career. I have been in a variety of positions, but it always involved wound management. It wa...

Pressure Ulcers: Past, Present and Future

September 3, 2013
By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN Well it's me again, Matron Marley. I got in through the door no problem today. My granddaughter dropped me off as she is doing some MDS training. I am feeling more...

Preventing Heel Pressure Ulcers: Simple Methods and Identifying Risk Factors

May 5, 2011
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, FACCWS Heels are particularly vulnerable to skin breakdown. The posterior heel is only covered by a thin layer of skin and fat, and that makes breakdown a very real...

Preventing Pressure Injuries by Encouraging Nursing Assistants

November 14, 2019
By Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN.ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Often when we hear the words "pressure injury," our brains are trained to think about staging the wound, considering treatment options, and obta...

Preventing Recurrent Lower Extremity Wounds

February 28, 2021
Chronic and complex wounds of the lower extremity frequently recur. It is difficult to determine the precise recurrence rate across patients with different lower extremity wound types, including diabe...

Prevention of Heel Pressure Injuries: A Daunting Challenge

June 17, 2021
Pressure injuries (PIs) are defined by the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel as “localized damage to the skin and/or underlying soft tissue usually over a bony prominence or related to a medical...
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