Category: Skin and Wound Management

Pressure injuries are a growing healthcare concern. As the only hospital acquired condition (HAC) whose incidence has increased from 2014-20171, healthcare facilities are putting more attention and resource behind skin...

If you have a pet, you know they are part of your family. They make your annual holiday card, have social channels dedicated to their activities and often are part...

For a clinician, skin is a valuable canvas that can inform and influence care. It is integral to our body’s physiology and at times our pathophysiology. It’s an ever-present, always visible...

At 85, my father-in-law, Jon, a widowed, retired superintendent of schools was a regular at Tuesday bingo and Thursday poker at his senior apartment. He and Ralph, his neighbor down...

A few weeks ago, I headed to Las Vegas to attend my 21st Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC). The mission: gather the latest and greatest trends in wound care and report back. My conclusion: 21 SAWC conferences in and the show continues to leave me with so many things to think about. A month after the conference I’m still recounting the volume of information shared.

We know fecal incontinence and diarrhea are everyday problems in critical care; however, they can be found in all healthcare settings, and exposure to liquid stool, particularly when mixed with...