NPUAP

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS

There are many tools that can be used to assess wounds. It is important to be aware of these tools and what they measure. It is also important to become knowledgeable about the tool(s) used in your workplace.

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 efforts, pressure ulcers continue to be a major health care problem worldwide.

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND

When I attend wound care conferences both nationally and internationally, I am frequently asked how I became interested in nutrition and wound care. In 1995, I was involved in a quality assurance project for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – previously known as the American Dietetics Association (ADA) – examining clinical indicators associated with unintentional weight loss and pressure ulcers in elderly residents in nursing homes. The result of study was published in the ADA Journal and noted the relationship between unintended weight loss, poor dietary intake and pressure ulcers.

By the WoundSource Editors

Over the course of a wound’s existence, several tissue types can be identified. In order to properly stage a pressure ulcer (injury) and determine the best treatment option, it is important for the clinician to be able to determine the tissue type that is present. The following represent the most commonly identified tissue types seen in pressure ulcers, and also in other open wounds:

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND

Despite all of the advances in risk assessment strategies, support surfaces, and vigorous educational efforts, pressure ulcers continue to be a major health care problem worldwide.

By Mary Ellen Posthauer RDN, CD, LD, FAND

For the past two years I have been involved in the research and development of the second edition of the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers: Clinical Practice Guideline. Members of the Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance joined National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) and European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) in producing a document that could be used by health professionals around the world.

by Karen Zulkowski DNS, RN, CWS

There are several issues in pressure ulcer definitions. For example, exactly what is the definition for eschar? What is an unavoidable pressure ulcer? How can you decide it really was unavoidable?