Ask the Treatment Expert about … skin integrity meetings
By
Jeri Lundgren
Nov 06, 2017
How can we make our skin integrity meetings proactive and prevent pressure injuries?
Ask the treatment expert about … routine interventions
By
Jeri Lundgren
Sep 05, 2018
Is it necessary to document on the care plan the routine interventions we provide, such as a pressure-redistribution mattress or daily skin inspection?
Ask the Treatment Expert about … blisters
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Apr 04, 2016
Are all blisters pressure ulcers and if they are, how should they be staged?
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By
Donna Sardina
Feb 01, 2009
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert … about linens and pads
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Nov 01, 2014
Does placing multiple pads and linens under residents who are incontinent protect their skin?
Ask the treatment expert: are all pressure ulcers avoidable?
By
Donna Sardina
Nov 01, 2009
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the Treatment Expert about … auditing skin integrity programs
May 08, 2018
What should our wound care nurse audit, and how often, to ensure our skin integrity program is on track? At least once a month, time should be set aside for the wound care nurse to audit the skin integrity...
Ask the treatment expert … about identifying pressure ulcers
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Jun 01, 2013
How do you deal with the age-old question “Is it a pressure ulcer or not?” Many healthcare professionals are frequently faced with the dilemma of how to document a reddened area on the buttocks,...
Ask the treatment expert: defining the tissue types seen in pressure ulcers
By
Donna Sardina
Oct 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care, Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert
By
Donna Sardina
Sep 01, 2008
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute