Ask the treatment expert: How do I capture a deep tissue injury that has an open area within it in our...
By
Jeri Lundgren
Jul 08, 2020
Our electronic record system allows only one measurement for a pressure injury. How do I capture a deep tissue injury that has an open area within it?
Ask the treatment expert: How can you tell if skin breakdown in the buttock region is moisture-associated...
By
Jeri Lundgren
May 01, 2020
How can you tell if skin breakdown in the buttock region is moisture-associated skin damage (MASD) from incontinence, versus a pressure injury?
Ask the treatment expert: What information should we get back from the wound clinic?
By
Jeri Lundgren
Nov 11, 2019
We send our complex wound residents to a wound clinic. What information should we be getting back from them? I have worked with many providers who tell me they receive only recommendations or even, in...
Ask the treatment expert: How to address the risk of pressure injury development?
By
Jeri Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN, CPT
Oct 17, 2019
We have a resident who prefers to sit in a wheelchair all day long. How do we address the risk of pressure injury development? According to F552, the resident has the right to be informed in advance of...
Ask the Treatment Expert about … DTI treatment
By
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 … epibole
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Nov 05, 2016
I’ve heard the term epibole used for wound healing but don’t understand exactly what it is, how to recognize it or what the proper treatment is. Can you explain?
Ask the Treatment Expert about … surgical incisions
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
May 04, 2016
I recently admitted my first resident with a surgical incision with staples intact in a hip wound. Do you have tips on how to care for this wound?
Ask the Treatment Expert about … maggot therapy
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Mar 04, 2016
I have a colleague who would like to trial maggot therapy. Can you provide some information about it?
Ask the Treatment Expert … about foot ulcers
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Aug 05, 2015
How should we deal with what seems to be a deluge of foot ulcers?