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Do You Know These 10 Risk Factors for Pressure Ulcers?

April 8, 2014
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Pressure ulcer risk assessment is crucial to the prevention of pressure ulcers. There are many factors which put certain patients at higher risk of deve...

Edema: Common Risk Factors and Complications

November 21, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors Edema is the abnormalaccumulation of excess fluid within tissue. The swelling associated with edema can be localized to a small area following an acute injury, it can aff...

Empowering and Engaging Nurses Through a Nurse-Driven Skin Tear Protocol

January 17, 2019
Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Payne and Martin brought skin tears to the attention of wound and skin specialists and to the wound care community when they reported an incidence rate ...

Factors Contributing to Complex Wounds

July 17, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors A vast percentage of wounds become chronically stalled because of mixed etiology and other underlying comorbid medical conditions. This means the wound is multifactorial,...

Fistulas 101

December 5, 2019
By the WoundSource Editors Fistulas are abnormal connections or passageways between two organs or vessels that do not usually connect. Although they typically develop as a result of an injury or su...

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 Obamacare Will Impact Wound Care

June 5, 2014
By Dr. Mark Hinkes, DPM I recently read a synopsis about how Obamacare will affect the type of health care services that will be available in the marketplace and the age groups that will be helped ...

How to Establish Pressure Ulcer Reduction Efforts in Acute Care

August 8, 2019
by Kelly Byrd-Jenkins, CWS It may come as no surprise to some, but pressure ulcers are among the only hospital-acquired conditions that have been on the rise in recent years. Other hospital-acquire...

Kennedy Terminal Ulcer/Palliative Care and Hospice Care

October 31, 2018
by the WoundSource Editors Palliative care and hospice care are not the same, but they both share one goal. They both focus on a patient's physical, mental, social, and spiritual needs. Palliative ...
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