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Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN-AP, RNFA, BSN, RN, CFCN

A Case Study on the Combined Use of an Epidermal Autograft and NPWT

January 21, 2016
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN This is the account of a patient case in which technology, clinician experience, and patient adherence converged to save a limb. ...

Basic Training: Applying Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

March 23, 2016
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Part 1 in a series exploring topics related to negative pressure wound therapy application. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT),...

Classification of Surgical Site Infections

December 15, 2016
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the most common hospital-acquired infections, accounting for 20% of total documented infections ea...

Classifying Skin Care Moisturizing Agents: What Does My Patient Need?

September 8, 2016
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN There are currently hundreds of skin moisturizing products on the market for clinicians to choose from. It is often difficult to wade ...

How to Avoid Product Substitutions with Your DME Provider

December 16, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Ordering wound care dressing supplies can prove to be a frustrating task for many providers and clinicians. Unfortunately, I have enco...

How to Ensure Your Patients Get the Wound Dressings They Need at Home

September 16, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN In the last installment of my blog, we discussed a brief overview of billing for wound care products and dressings (durable medical eq...

How to Select the Appropriate Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Device for Your Patient

June 30, 2016
by Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Recently, we've reviewed application and documentation strategies for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), but what about navigatin...

Navigating Reimbursement for Wound Care Dressings

May 21, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN It is becoming increasingly difficult to be involved in wound care at any level without having a working knowledge of the intricacies...

Pain and Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

March 26, 2015
By Samantha Kuplicki, MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN The Patient Assessment You've been asked to evaluate a patient for negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). It turns out they're a pe...

Prevention of Surgical Site Infections

March 1, 2017
By Samantha Kuplicki MSN, APRN-CNS, AGCNS-BC, CWS, CWCN, CFCN Identifying the presence of Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) is an important, basic skill for the wound specialist, and even more essent...
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