Volume 55 - Issue 4 - April, 2009
Executive Spotlight
04/01/2009
During opening ceremonies for the 2005 Sympoisum on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) announced that its mission was about to enter uncharted waters. The AAWC was going global. As with...
During opening ceremonies for the 2005 Sympoisum on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC), the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) announced that its mission was about to enter uncharted waters. The AAWC was going global. As with...
During opening ceremonies...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2009
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day
- Marian Wright Edelman
A graduate of the Texas Woman’s University (Denton, Tex) nursing program, Julie Ortiz, CWOCN, joined the staff...
You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day
- Marian Wright Edelman
A graduate of the Texas Woman’s University (Denton, Tex) nursing program, Julie Ortiz, CWOCN, joined the staff...
You're not obligated to win....
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2009
During the past two decades, research on vitamin D has increased exponentially. Healthcare practitioners have learned vitamin D plays a much more important role in disease prevention and well-being than was ever suspected. This new...
During the past two decades, research on vitamin D has increased exponentially. Healthcare practitioners have learned vitamin D plays a much more important role in disease prevention and well-being than was ever suspected. This new...
During the past two...
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Wound Management & Prevention
Department
04/01/2009
A stirring editorial1 by Catherine D. DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and her pediatrician husband, James C. Harris, reminds all healthcare professionals that personal care begins with...
A stirring editorial1 by Catherine D. DeAngelis, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association, and her pediatrician husband, James C. Harris, reminds all healthcare professionals that personal care begins with...
A stirring editorial1 by...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2009
Abstract
The phrasing of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s (NPUAP) definition of deep tissue injury (DTI) was based on case reports, clinical observations, and experience. Although etiological studies of DTI, primarily related to...
Abstract
The phrasing of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s (NPUAP) definition of deep tissue injury (DTI) was based on case reports, clinical observations, and experience. Although etiological studies of DTI, primarily related to...
Abstract
The phrasing of the...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
04/01/2009
Abstract
Biofilm is a relatively new concept in the fields of infectious disease, wound infection, and healing. Although scientific research and “noise” regarding wound biofilm is increasing, little is known about the presentation,...
Abstract
Biofilm is a relatively new concept in the fields of infectious disease, wound infection, and healing. Although scientific research and “noise” regarding wound biofilm is increasing, little is known about the presentation,...
Abstract
Biofilm is a...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Letter from the Editor
04/01/2009
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought instant communication meant a string and two empty green bean cans strung across the breezeway between bedroom windows. One friend would yell to the other, “Pick up!” and a satisfying chat ensued (“What are you...
Growing up, I thought...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Letters to the Editor
04/01/2009
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in Takahashi PY, Kiemele LJ, Chandra A, Cha SS, Targonski PV, A retrospective cohort study of factors that affect healing in long-term care residents with chronic wounds (Ostomy Wound Manage. 2009;55[1]:32–37)...
The study presented in...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
04/01/2009
Abstract
Information about pressure ulcer prevalence, prevention, and optimal management strategies in the long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) setting is sparse. Although care processes in other patient care settings have been reported to...
Abstract
Information about pressure ulcer prevalence, prevention, and optimal management strategies in the long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) setting is sparse. Although care processes in other patient care settings have been reported to...
Abstract
Information about...
04/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
04/01/2009
Two recent events relate to pressure ulcers. In February 2007, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) restated its definitions of and staging process for pressure ulcers. Included in the staging process are modifications of...
Two recent events relate to pressure ulcers. In February 2007, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) restated its definitions of and staging process for pressure ulcers. Included in the staging process are modifications of...
Two recent events relate to...
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