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Wound Documentation

The Hidden Challenges of Wound Care in Long-Term Care Facilities

December 10, 2015
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 ...

The Importance of Correctly Staging Pressure Injuries

July 6, 2017
By Cheryl Carver LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC Incorrect staging of pressure injuries can cause many types of repercussions. Incorrect documentation can also be worse than no documenta...

Understanding Wound Documentation Goals for Your Care Setting

January 31, 2021
Up to 20% of all US medicolegal claims and more than 10% of settlements are wound related. Documentation is essential for all health care settings; however, there are differences in each setting. Know...

Using Big Data to Evaluate Wound Treatment Efficacy

March 22, 2017
By Matthew Regulski, DPM One of the most difficult challenges in wound care today is deciding exactly which treatments to use. Due to the high inaccuracy of wound evaluation techniques, specificall...

Using Wound Photos to Enhance Your Documentation

January 31, 2021
Wound photo documentation captures a visual reference and helps provide a timeline for healing status for the patient’s medical record. Pictures in wound care can be used to ensure accuracy of measure...

What Is Standard of Care in Wound Care?

May 31, 2022
Patients with wounds are cared for according to the scope and standards of practice, which are used to guide nurses and other members of the interprofessional wound care team. An intricate network of ...

What Wound Care Physicians Need to Know About Working in Long-Term Care

December 11, 2014
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC As a traveling wound care educator for physicians, I am observing many changes within the state survey process for long-term care. Wound care ...

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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