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What is an ABSSSI? Doctors have been writing this as diagnosis on our post-acute residents.

I am in a new charge position and when I went to training, someone kept mentioning “ISTAP” with reference to skin tears. Do you know what this person was referring to?

We have a new wound care nurse and she insists that a few of our residents have “IAD.” I am not familiar with this. Can you help?

What tips do you have for working with anticoagulants?

At my facility, they are mixing pressure ulcer with other terms. What’s correct to use in documenting?

We have a group of residents we are taking to visit a large garden near our facility for the day. Two of the residents attending have colostomies. Besides an extra colostomy bag/appliance, should I take...

Are you aware of any type of fecal containment system that may assist us with very loose stools that keep contaminating sacral ulcers?

Sherrie Dornberger, RNC, CDONA, FACDONA President, NADONA

We are having an increase in the number of residents coming from the hospital with weight loss and wounds. We are doing our best to heal the wounds, but is there a calorie count recommended for residents...

First of all, congratulations for getting her back to her pre-hospital activities! Now that the activities have increased, chances are the appliance that was fit for the resident at the hospital will not...