Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert: treating denuded skin around a flush stoma
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Donna Sardina
Feb 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert: signs to consider when assessing darkly pigmented skin
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Donna Sardina
Aug 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert: What should I watch out for when treating darkly pigmented skin?
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Susan Wickard
Jul 06, 2012
Caregivers must be taught how to closely examine darkly pigmented skin in order to determine tissue damage. A purplish/blue discoloration may be seen.
Ask the treatment expert: discussing classifications of skin tears
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Donna Sardina
May 01, 2009
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute
Terminology for skin rashes
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Donna Sardina
Jan 03, 2011
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC,President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the Treatment Expert about … skin risk assessment
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Jeri Lundgren
Aug 09, 2018
Is the Braden Scale a comprehensive skin risk assessment?
What is xerosis?
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Donna Sardina
Mar 01, 2011
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the Treatment Expert about … how pressure injury staging descriptions have changed
Aug 06, 2016
In addition to the change in terminology from pressure ulcer to injury, NPUAP’s April 13, 2016, press release announced refined descriptions of pressure injury (ulcer) stages.
Ask the Treatment Expert about … DTI treatment
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Jeri Lundgren
Jun 08, 2018
We have a resident with a deep tissue injury (DTI) on the sacrum and now the center has an open area. Should we measure and describe just the open area?