Ask the treatment expert: Pressure ulcers and vitamin supplements
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Donna Sardina
Dec 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert: What effect does xerosis have on pruritus?
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Susan Wickard
Sep 01, 2012
Xerosis, dry skin, can cause the skin to become scaly and crack, which increases the skin’s exposure to bacteria. Many factors contribute to dry skin.
Ask the treatment expert
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Donna Sardina
Jul 01, 2008
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC President, Wound Care Education Institute
Ask the treatment expert
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Donna Sardina
May 01, 2008
Is it a realistic care plan goal to heal a diabetic foot ulcer that has been present for two years?
Ask the treatment expert: Are allergies to wound care products common?
By
Susan Wickard
Aug 01, 2012
Years ago, this question wouldn’t have even made our radar screen. However, now it seems a standard consideration since allergies have become increasingly prevalent.
Ask the treatment expert: Could a patient’s recurring wound be osteomyelitis?
By
Donna Sardina
Jan 01, 2010
Donna Sardina, RN, MHA, WCC, President, Wound Care Education Institute
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?
Ask the Treatment Expert … about foot ulcers
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Aug 05, 2015
How should we deal with what seems to be a deluge of foot ulcers?
Ask the treatment expert … about pressure ulcer documentation
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Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Aug 01, 2013
How much do we have to document risk and implemented interventions to prevent pressure ulcer development?