Pressure Ulcers (PI/PU)

A 37-year-old patient with multiple comorbidities and a chronic pressure injury (PI) received cannabis treatment for pain management and sleep disturbance. The patient reported less pain and improved sleep. The PI, which had steadily worsened...

A 37-year-old patient with...

10/04/2021

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

Evaluating the Clinical Acceptance of a Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) System in Accordance with Standards of Care in Patients with a Variety of Wound Types

The primary objective was to determine acceptable progress towards the goal of therapy for Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU), Pressure Injuries/Pressure Ulcers (PI/PU), surgical, acute/traumatic...

Joan Wilson , MSN, MHA, RN;

Bounthavy Homsombath , MD;

Beretta Craft-Coffman , PA-C;

Shawn P. Fagan , MD, FACS;

11/23/2020