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Pressure Ulcers

Does Your Facility Have a Legal "Safety Net" For Wound Care Documentation?

June 18, 2015
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC Substandard documentation tops the list of mistakes for long-term care facilities. It involves "all hands in the chart" so to speak. This enco...

Ethics and Wound Care

September 12, 2014
By Bruce E. Ruben MD This particular blog is not necessarily intended to educate, but to be a thinking piece that asks more questions than it answers. ...

Extremes of Age and Skin Injuries

March 19, 2019
By Ivy Razmus, RN, PhD, CWOCN The very old and the very young are more alike than you might think when you consider risk for skin injuries. They are alike regarding their limited sensory perception...

F-Tag 314 Compliance: An Example of Unavoidable Pressure Ulcer Documentation

April 7, 2016
By Terri Kolenich, RN, CWCA, AAPWCA It has been a long week. The CMS state survey team entered your facility Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Thursday is finally here and the state survey exit meeting is o...

Fat Grafting and Pressure Injuries

May 25, 2017
By Cheryl Carver LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC This month's blog topic idea came about from a recent conversation with a middle-aged patient with paraplegia. She had a stage 4 pressure...

From Chronic to Acute: Strategies for Preventing Wound Chronicity

February 27, 2020
Wound chronicity is defined as any wound that is physiologically impaired due to a disruption in the wound healing cascade: 1) hemostasis, 2) inflammation, 3) proliferation, and 4) maturation/remodeli...

Health Care Facility-Acquired Bedsores: Should the Facility Provide Restorative Care or Palliative Care?

August 17, 2012
By Jonathan Rosenfeld, JD Whether the development of a bedsore, also commonly referred to as a pressure ulcer, is the fault of the nursing home or an existing medical condition, the actions taken b...

Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers: The Risks

December 26, 2014
By the WoundSource Editors Litigation over hospital-acquired pressure ulcers represents a significant fraction of a medical malpractice attorney's caseload. The liability issues have shifted since...

How a Registered Dietitian Became a Champion for Nutrition and Pressure Ulcer Care

June 11, 2015
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 199...
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