Pressure Injuries

By Karen Zulkowski DNS, RN, CWS Part 2 in a series on Pressure Ulcer Knowledge For Part 1, Click here I have used the Pieper Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test for many years to examine nurse's know...

Join Dr. Caroline Fife at WoundCon Fall 2021 for her talk on the angisome concept and how it applies to pressure injury development....

Editor's Note: How can clinicians help support caregivers who look after family members with pressure injuries? In this interview, Kelly McFee, DNP, FNP-C, CWS, CWCN-AP, FACCWS, DAPWCA discusses how t...

By the WoundSource Editors Pressure injuries represent a great challenge in patient care, as well as a significant burden on the health care system. This burden is likely to continue to increase as...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC In my role as a consultant and educator, I thought it would be interesting to acquire a handful of perspectives from wound care providers who ...

By Susan Cleveland, BSN, RN, WCC, CDP, NADONA Board Secretary So, you’ve selected the support surface that is perfect for the resident. What’s next? Next steps: education, utilization, reassessmen...

Offloading is a cornerstone of pressure injury (PI) prevention. Certain patient populations, conditions, and environmental or institutional factors pose challenges to effective offloading that provide...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC If you could trade places with one person for one day, who would it be? Your first thought may be an Olympian, celebrity, or even a superhero....

Pressure injuries are injuries to the skin and deeper tissues that occur due to direct pressure, shear, or friction forces. It is estimated that in the United States, 2.5 million pressure injuries occ...