Melania Howell, BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc

Empirical Studies

Comparing Demographics, Treatments, and Outcomes of Patients With COVID-19 Lesions Versus Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers/Injuries During the First Year of COVID-19

02/08/2024

Reena Joseph , MSN, RN;

Jacqueline C. Stocking ;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

Kathleen Bell ;

Machelle Wilson ;

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Oleg Teleten , MS, RN, CWCN;

02/08/2024

Wound Management & Prevention

Can We Talk?

The Importance of Collaborating and Mentoring When Identifying Wounds

04/01/2021

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Physical and administrative barriers challenge WOCNs; these factors hamper us from educating and mentoring, placing the practice’s sustainability in jeopardy. We must mentor our WOCNs to become advanced practitioners and nurse scientists.

Physical and administrative...

04/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Practice Dilemmas

Practice Dilemmas: Conditions That Mimic Pressure Ulcers/Injuries— To Be or Not To Be?

02/01/2021

Joy E. Schank , MSN, ANP, RN, CWCN;

Elizabeth Faust , MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, DAPWCA;

Diane R. Maydick-Youngberg , EdD, APRN-BC, CWOCN;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

Jessica Miles , MS, BSN, RN, CNS, AOCNS;

Karen Bauer , DNP, APRN-FNP, CWS, DAPWCA, NP-C;

Diane Sandman , MSN, FNP-C, CWOCN;

Oleg Teleten , MS, RN, CWCN;

Alura Barsun , MSN, FNP-C, RN;

Ruth Bryant , PhD, MS, RN, CWOCN;

Anthony Tickner , DPM, FRCPS, FACCWS, FAPWH, FAPWCA;

Salomé Loera , BSN, RN, PCCN, CCRN-CMC, DNPc;

Sanaz Martin , MS, FNP-C, RN, CWON;

Emily Greenstein , APRN, CNP, CWON, FACCWS;

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

The purpose of this compendium is to describe and illustrate conditions that may mimic pressure ulcers/injuries.

The purpose of this compendium...

02/01/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Videos

The Importance of Collaborating and Mentoring When Identifying Wounds

11/29/2021

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

In this video, the two primary authors discuss the collaborative, multidisciplinary process behind the "To Be Or Not To Be" project and some of the conditions explored.

In this video, the two primary...

11/29/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Guest Editorial

Wound Care Specialization for the Advanced Practice Clinician

01/31/2022

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

Melania Howell and Holly Kirkland-Kyhn describe the numerous routes available for wound care specialization.

Melania Howell and Holly...

01/31/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Can We Talk?

The Importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Wound Care

04/14/2023

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

04/14/2023

Wound Management & Prevention

Concept mapping the multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty collaborative publication: Practice dilemmas: Conditions that mimic pressure ulcers/injuries

Abstract: Pressure injuries (PI) cost the American healthcare system 16 billion dollars annually and increase morbidity and mortality. An estimated 2.5 million hospitalized patients devel...

Melania Howell , BSN, BS, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA, DNPc;

Salomé Loera , BSN, RN, PCCN, CCRN-CMC, DNPc;

Holly Kirkland-Kyhn , PhD, FNP, GNP, CWCN, FAANP;

08/19/2021