COVID-19 Proning Teams Benefit From Wound Care Specialist Nurse
Jan 20, 2022
Findings show inclusion significantly cuts odds of pressure injuries in patients hospitalized with severe COVID-19
Preventing pressure injuries, weight loss and dehydration while protecting residents from COVID-19
By
Jeri Lundgren
Apr 06, 2020
Proactive measures can prevent the unintended consequences of social isolation and lack of activity.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … pressure injuries
By
Jeri Lundgren
Oct 19, 2018
We just admitted a resident with two pressure injuries. The hospital had marked both as Stage 2. However, on admission to our facility, one presented with granulation tissue and the other had granulation...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … benchmarking data for a pressure injury program
By
Jeri Lundgren
Feb 08, 2018
How can I use benchmarking data to improve my pressure injury program?
Timing of wounds could impact healing
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Jan 08, 2018
Injuries sustained during the day likely heal faster than those that occur during the night due to human internal biological clocks
Ask the Treatment Expert about … evaluating pressure injury programs
By
Jeri Lundgren
Dec 06, 2017
How do we evaluate whether our pressure injury program is ready for the new survey process?
Telescopic cells aid high-risk patients
By
Kimberly Marselas
Nov 06, 2017
Patients who spend more than eight hours a day in a wheelchair have a far lower incidence of pressure ulcers when it is equipped with a single-compartment or multi-compartment air cushion using telescopic...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … pressure injuries
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jul 06, 2017
What type of tissue is found in a pressure injury?
An ounce of pressure injury prevention
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Jun 06, 2017
Benjamin Franklin once said that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” His 1736 statement was referring to firefighting — better to prevent a fire than deal with putting one...
How a 15-year-old inventor flew across the world to help pressure injuries
By
Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RDN, FAND
May 05, 2017
The adage “you are never too young to teach and never too old to learn” took a new meaning at the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) Biennial conference held in New Orleans..