Susan Rolniak St. John, MSN, APRN-NP

Skin Tear Healing Using Polymeric Membrane Dressings*

Clinical Problem: A 70-year-old man with Parkinson’s disease, restless leg syndrome, and Neuropathy fell several times, causing three different superficial skin tears. One on left forearm...

John Mehaffey , DVM;

JoAnna Cartwright , PhD, RN;

Judith Adams , DNP, RN;

Richard Fortunato , DO, FACS;

James McCormick , DO, FACS;

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

05/26/2022

Management of a Diabetic Foot Ulceration using Off-The-Shelf Instant Contact Casting Device: case report

Introduction:Management of chronic diabetic foot ulceration is a difficult challenge Podiatrists face. Patient compliance often hinders success and traditional total contact casting can b...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

Michael Florie , DPM;

05/26/2022

Optimizing Peri-Stomal Complications with New Technology

A 57-year-old female with Crohn's Disease is s/p recent colostomy revision complicated by poorly controlled severe pain secondary to pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and irritant contact dermati...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

08/19/2021

A Holistic Approach to Wound Care Can Be Life Changing

Background: In a busy wound care setting, it is easy to only focus on the wound, instead of the whole person who has a wound. Wounds heal faster and wound care compliance is enhanced...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

Jodi Boory ;

07/15/2019

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

Background: Leishmaniasis is a neglected tropical disease spread by the bite of the phlebotomine sand fly found typically in the tropics, subtropics and southern Europe. The two most comm...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

Jodi Boory ;

Dawn Wang ;

Yuri Bunimovich ;

07/15/2019

Use of Dehydrated Amnion/Chorion Membrane (dACM) in a Slow Healing Trauma Wound

Background: Allograft skin substitutes are currently approved for reimbursement by Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and most insurances for venous leg ulcerations and diab...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

Jodi Boory ;

Dawn Wang ;

Janie Hollenbach ;

07/15/2019

Cost Savings by Combining Advanced Moisture Management Foam Dressings and Total Contact Casts

Background: Offloading diabetic foot ulcers (DFU) with a total contact cast (TCC) is the established standard of care for fast wound healing times. When patients with DFUs have copio...

Susan Rolniak St. John , MSN, APRN-NP;

Jodi Boory ;

Janie Hollenbach ;

Elizabeth Shumaker ;

02/09/2019