Skin Conditions/Skin Care

By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWS-P As Co-Chair of the NPUAP Education Committee it is my pleasure to invite all clinicians to the NPUAP Biennial Conference in New Orleans from March 10 to 11, 201...

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS Winter weather is upon us and that brings a whole host of challenges. Our skin is more liable to experience dryness, cracking and breakdown. Everyone, especi...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN I was in the shower getting ready for my day volunteering at the nursing home and my mind bemoaned again how much I miss bathing. Relaxing in a deep hot bath, pref...

Medical misdiagnosis is common and can be caused by errors in clinical reasoning that arise from knowledge deficits, cognitive biases, and dual-process thinking.1 Dual process thinking is a generally ...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, DAPWCA, FACCWS, CLTC – Wound Educator Auditing documentation has always been part of my wound nurse role in some way or another. My first experience with aud...

By Laurie Swezey RN, BSN, CWOCN, CWS, FACCWS This article is designed to provide a review of cellulitis, an infection affecting the skin which can be life-threatening if not treated. ...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC It doesn't matter where exactly I am educating, I see it everywhere: the vicious cycle of chronic intertrigo and/or candida infections (candid...

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 ...

By Margaret Heale, RN, MSc, CWOCN Not very long ago, when working in an in-patient rehab center, I was shocked to discover patients calling the adult incontinence garments "hospital underwear." We ...

Diaper rash, more officially known as incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD), affects hospitalized and incontinent patients of all ages. In my years as a WOC Nurse in a pediatric hospital, IAD has b...