Kennedy Terminal Ulcer

Original Research

Early Skin Temperature Characteristics of the Kennedy Lesion (Kennedy Terminal Ulcer)

04/15/2023

Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans , RN, FNP, APRN-BC;

Leslie Ritter , PhD, RN;

Deanna Vargo , BSN, RN, CWS, FACCWS, CWOCN;

Diane Adams , BSN, RN, CWCN;

Suzanne Koerner , BSN, RN, CWOCN;

Ellen Duell , APRN, CWOCN, ACNS-BC;

This study describes early skin temperature changes in Kennedy Lesions using long-wave infrared thermography. The major finding of this study is that there were no early skin temperature differences between the KLs and surrounding skin. The...

This study describes early skin...

04/15/2023

Wound Management & Prevention

Original Research

Skin Failure Clinical Indicator Scale: Proposal of a Tool for Distinguishing Skin Failure From a Pressure Injury

10/02/2020

Amy Petersen ;

Richard Hill , RN, CWCN, FAACWS, MSN, APRN, FNP-C;

The Skin Failure Clinical Indicator Scale (SFCIS), a proposed tool that uses readily available variables to assist in more definitively identifying skin failure, was developed and assessed.

The Skin Failure Clinical...

10/02/2020

Wounds