Pressure Injury

The National Quality Forum (NQF) introduced the term never event in the early 2000s, and it refers to a preventable error that may represent fundamental issues with the quality or safety of care withi...

Pressure injuries (PI) and their effect on patients across settings are a growing concern for wound care professionals. Of note, patients with pressure injuries admitted to the ICU have a significantl...

A pressure injury (PI) is defined as a localized injury to the skin and/or underlying tissues caused by pressure either alone or in combination with shear. Hospitalized patients worldwide frequently p...

Editor’s note: The following is a series of answers to questions asked at the webinar Avoidable or Unavoidable Pressure Injury: Why is it So Hard to Do the Right Thing? sponsored by Smith+Nephew. Lee ...

After COVID19, facilities faced nursing shortages, barriers to efficient documentation, and, subsequently, rises in hospital-acquired injuries (HAPI). In this interview from SAWC Fall 2023, Kim Cummin...

There has been much discussion surrounding unavoidable skin breakdown; however, the exact etiology remains unknown. Experts have discussed hypoperfusion and multiorgan system failure as contributing f...

By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWON-AP As I am sure we are all well aware, not everyone loves wounds, ostomies, and continence as much as we do. Some nurses just do not have the passion (or des...

Join Dr. Caroline Fife at WoundCon Fall 2021 for her talk on the angisome concept and how it applies to pressure injury development....

Editor's Note: How can clinicians help support caregivers who look after family members with pressure injuries? In this interview, Kelly McFee, DNP, FNP-C, CWS, CWCN-AP, FACCWS, DAPWCA discusses how t...

Pressure injuries are common among patients who experience extended exposure to pressure on a bony prominence or shear to areas of poor turgor, two factors that lead to constriction of a patient’s blo...