Wound Assessment and Documentation

By Martin D. Vera, LVN, CWS Wound bed preparation has become the gold standard model for proper wound assessment. It allows us clinicians to identify and breakdown local barriers to wound healing. ...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Wound care diagnostics includes examination of wounds for the purpose of wound classification. Why does it matter? It matters because treatment varies g...

By Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN, FAAN Originally a poster first conceived in 2009, "Six Sticky Wickets That Commonly Occur in Wound Care Lawsuits" is as relevant today as it was a decade ago. In my re...

By Catherine T. Milne, APRN, MSN, BC-ANP, CWOCN-AP From Nike's "Just Do It" ad campaign to Google's corporate "Don't be evil" code, I've always been struck by the many marketing campaigns that remi...

Scope of Practice and Standards of Practice guide nurses and other members of the interprofessional wound care team in caring for patients with wounds. Documentation in the medical record is a key asp...

By Holly M. Hovan MSN, RN-BC, APRN.ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Documentation is a huge part of our practice as wound care nurses. It is how we take credit for the care we provide to our patients and how we e...

By Aletha Tippett MD We are supposed to check a wound every week and measure length, width and depth. These measurements should be getting smaller if the wound is healing, and we need to see improv...

When assessing and documenting a wound, it is important to note the amount and type of wound exudate (drainage). Using our senses is a large part of the initial wound assessment, followed by accurate ...