Mar 20, 2012
This article was published in Advances in Skin & Wound Care: March 2012 – Volume 25 – Issue 3 – p 115–117 My co-authors were: Elizabeth A. Ayello PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN; Karen Zulkowski, DNS, RN, CWS; and Joyce Fogel MD, FACP...
Jan 14, 2012
When Florence Nightingale published her seminal treatise in 1860 entitled Notes on Nursing, she wrote: “if [the patient] has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.” As an unintended consequence, pressure sores virtually dropped...
Jan 14, 2012
Flawed and inconsistent wound documentation has serious risk-management implications. This blog post will examine some fine points regarding pressure ulcer nomenclature and documentation. Many definitions and classification schemes for pressure ulcers were developed...
