Researchers recently identified a molecular “switch” mechanism that takes place during successful wound care healing. The discovery is likely to aid in the understanding of how wounds get better,...
How to do it … Incontinence care
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Haymarket Media
Jul 10, 2006
A nursing facility’s stake in achieving proper incontinence care is huge. More than 60% of residents suffer from some kind of urinary incontinence, making it the activity of daily living (ADL) most...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … pressure ulcer policies
By
Jeri Lundgren
Oct 06, 2017
What are the significant changes from F314 Pressure Sores to F686 Skin Integrity, “Pressure Ulcers,” which takes effect in November?
Scientists achieve breakthrough in stem cell research
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Haymarket Media
Nov 26, 2007
Stem cell research recently took a major step forward as scientists succeeded in turning human skin cells into cells closely resembling embryonic stem cells.
Liquid bandage heals wound by taking SMART approach
By
Amy Novotney
Dec 01, 2014
International researchers have teamed up to create a liquid bandage that maps oxygen concentrations in skin wounds.
Ask the treatment expert … about friction and pressure ulcers
By
Susan Wickard
Apr 01, 2013
What role does friction play in pressure ulcers?
Ask The Treatment Expert: Rosalyn S. Jordan
Jun 05, 2017
What are the most effective wound dressings?
Ask the Treatment Expert … about leg sores
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jul 06, 2015
How do you handle people obsessed with leg sores?
Dressing, tool bring skin tear advances
By
Elizabeth Newman
Sep 05, 2018
A simplified wound dressing plan, along with a decision-tree tool for wound management, can help nurses treating patients over the age 85, a new study finds.