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Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care – Extrinsic Risk Factors for Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers

May 9, 2019
By Heidi Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON "At all times material hereto, defendant failed to develop an adequate care plan and properly monitor and supervise the care and treatment in order to prevent ...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care – Is That Ulcer Unavoidable or Not?

January 31, 2019
by Heidi H. Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON "If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed sore, it is generally the fault not...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care, Part 3: Turning and Positioning

November 29, 2018
by Heidi H. Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON Failure to T&P (turn and position) is always part and parcel of a pressure ulcer lawsuit and a key element of a complaint related to pressure ulcers, as ill...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care, Part 4: Risk Assessments

January 2, 2019
by Heidi H. Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON When looking at medical charts from a legal perspective, one of the areas closely scrutinized is the risk assessment for skin breakdown and pressure ulcer d...

Legal Perils and Pitfalls of Wound Care: Risk Factors for Unavoidable Ulcers

April 9, 2019
by Heidi H. Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, more than 17,000 lawsuits related to pressure ulcers (PUs) are filed annually in the United Sta...

Maintaining Skin Integrity

February 28, 2019
by the WoundSource Editors The skin is the largest organ of our body, covering 18 square feet and weighing approximately 12 pounds. Despite positive characteristics, the skin is always susceptible ...

Managing Skin in At-Risk Populations

February 28, 2019
by the WoundSource Editors Those working with at-risk populations must be aware of how to address the skin care needs of our patients and prevent pressure ulcers and injuries. At-risk populations, ...

Medical Ethics: How Overtreatment Impacts Patient Quality of Life

November 17, 2015
By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD Undertreatment of medical issues is not necessarily bad: palliative care usually only treats symptoms but not the underlying cause of the symptoms which, if the patient w...

Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Wound Management: State of the Science

February 27, 2018
by the WoundSource Editors Among the greatest triumphs of modern medicine were the identification and naming of the Penicillium mold by Alexander Fleming in 1928, and its ability to inhibit bacteri...
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