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Skin Failure

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...

MASD: What Are the Types of Moisture-Associated Skin Damage?

February 1, 2018
by the WoundSource Editors It has long been known in clinical practice that long-term exposure of the skin to moisture is harmful and can lead to extensive skin breakdown. The term moisture-associa...

Skin Assessment in Long-Term Care

September 12, 2019
By Susan M. Cleveland, BSN, RN, WCC, CDP, NADONA Board Secretary As a Director of Nursing, your assessment skills must be tiptop. How are the skills of the staff you are entrusting with the care of...

Skin Failure: Use of an evidence-based tool to identify it at end of life

March 24, 2023
There has been much discussion surrounding unavoidable skin breakdown; however, the exact etiology remains unknown. Experts have discussed hypoperfusion and multiorgan system failure as contributing f...

Skin Tears: Prevention and Management

February 18, 2014
By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS Skin tears are a common problem among the elderly due to increased skin fragility associated with aging. Due to the increasing prevalence of this proble...

The Kennedy Terminal Ulcer - What it is and What it Means for Your Wound Care Patients

October 30, 2013
By Lindsay D. Andronaco RN, BSN, CWCN, WOC, DAPWCA, FAACWS Part 2 in a series on skin failure For Part 1, Click Here In March of 1989 the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) convened...

Understanding Skin Failure: Pathophysiological Factors

April 5, 2023
As the body's largest organ, skin has multiple functions, causes, and manifestations of failure at end of life. The concept of skin failure was first proposed in 1991 and continues to impact how injur...

Wound Care Lawsuits: Overcoming 6 Common Difficulties

October 31, 2019
By Diane L. Krasner, PhD, RN, FAAN Originally a poster first conceived in 2009, "Six Sticky Wickets That Commonly Occur in Wound Care Lawsuits" is as relevant today as it was a decade ago. In my re...
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