Pressure Ulcers

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Do you remember that cartoon from the 1960s (and later reproduced in the 1980s), The Jetsons? It was about a futuristic family that had all kinds of amazing robot helpers and automatic appliances. Ros...

As I contemplate the current conversation around ventilators, I am encouraged to refresh my knowledge about mucosal pressure injuries. Pressure injuries on the mucous membranes present and are staged ...

Editor’s note: The following is a series of answers to questions asked at the webinar Avoidable or Unavoidable Pressure Injury: Why is it So Hard to Do the Right Thing? sponsored by Smith+Nephew. Lee ...

After COVID19, facilities faced nursing shortages, barriers to efficient documentation, and, subsequently, rises in hospital-acquired injuries (HAPI). In this interview from SAWC Fall 2023, Kim Cummin...

Neonatal patients have unique skin properties compared with older patient populations. However, there is little evidence reported for neonates who receive pressure injury (PI) prevention interventions...