Smokers not informed of ways habit can affect wound healing
By
Amy Novotney
Mar 04, 2015
Exposure to smoke from just one cigarette decreases blood flow to chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers. A new study shows the habit’s impact on healing...
Ask the treatment expert … about determining what is really a pressure ulcer
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
May 08, 2015
Clinicians may have difficulty in determining if a wound is truly a pressure ulcer. It is essential to not only assess the wound, but also perform a complete skin assessment and obtain a history. To be...
Wound care at home needs more policy and tech support
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
Patients ready to leave a nursing home often have unhealed chronic wounds, but virtual programs that could assist in follow-up care face multiple barriers, new research shows.
Ask the treatment expert … about palliative wound care
By
Rosalyn Jordan, RN, BSN, MSc, CWOCN, WCC
Apr 06, 2015
Palliative care is focused on the relief of symptoms with a goal to improve the quality of the individual’s life.
Wound care riddles remain, despite $11 billion price tag
By
Elizabeth Newman
May 08, 2015
There are a lot of questions still swirling around why certain residents develop pressure ulcers, but it’s unquestionable they remain a costly problem for long-term care providers.
AI could be on the way for DFUs, PUs ASAP
By
Kimberly Marselas
Oct 10, 2023
An artificial intelligence chatbot has been proven capable of diagnosing complex wounds and initiating proper treatment plans for human patients.
Changes to end-of-life wound classification in a recent Minimum Data Set update should be a positive for long-term care, but regulatory and legal ambiguity still surrounded the new coding procedures at...