Q: What’s new with wound care documentation and CMS guidelines? A: The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently issued modifications in Local Coverage Determinants that can potentially affect ...

Years ago, during my "marketing and sales period", a nurse approached me during a break at a seminar to ask my advice about a patient and his wound. Instead of describing the patient and his problems, ...

Nurses must be able to assess tissue condition, wound size, and signs of infection, and choose and apply various dressings, while also managing pain and preventing complications. Gain these skills and ...

Wounds, whether resulting from falls, pressure ulcers, or other causes, represent one of the most litigated care issues in long-term care facilities. Additionally, wound care presents complex coding ...

The moorLDI2-BI (Moor Instruments Ltd) is a laser doppler blood flow imaging system for the non-invasive mapping of blood flow in an area of skin that has been burned. This can be used in addition to ...

Wounds UK consistently highlights the importance of a holistic and evidence-based approach to wound care. Among the many factors influencing healing, accurate vascular assessment plays a key role – ...