Long-Term Care

By Terri Kolenich, RN, CWCA, AAPWCA It has been a long week. The CMS state survey team entered your facility Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Thursday is finally here and the state survey exit meeting is o...

By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC Being an independent wound care education consultant in long-term care, I get a lot of questions regarding moisture-associated skin damage (MA...

By Heidi Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON Ms. EB, a frail 82-year-old woman admitted to a long-term care facility, had a complex medical history that included diabetes, extensive heart disease, ischemi...

by Holly M. Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN-AP Recently, one of my awesome staff nurses coined a phrase that stuck with me—Mr. DoctoR Pressure Injury (MDRPI), also known as medical device-related p...

By Cheryl Carver LPN, WCC, CWCA, CWCP, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC I tell everyone that long-term care is the toughest arena for a wound consultant. However, it can also be the most rewarding. The focus o...

Part 1 in a series discussing the challenges and opportunities in patient/family education By Paula Erwin-Toth, MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS Mr. Gillan is a 72 year old man with venous insufficiency. He ...