Q: Why is it so important to assess the skin at admission? As a leader, you are in charge of financial stability, quality standards and patient care. After 11 months of hard work, you take vacation ...

Q: What does a nursing home administrator need to know about skin tears? A: Skin tears are a traumatic wound by definition and can be caused by mechanical forces like friction or shear including ...

A lot of things change as you age — from mobility and balance to the strength and elasticity of your skin. As skin becomes more fragile, it tears more easily and often takes longer to heal.

Ontario-based PointClickCare, which makes an EHR platform and other software solutions to advance senior care, has debuted a skin and wound smartphone app to track and document healing. The app ...

Avulsion wounds of the skin are typically a severe type of skin injury. These wounds often require surgery to repair. While the treatment and care of avulsion wounds will depend on how severe the ...

Skin tears can become chronic wounds if they are not treated appropriately, and are a growing problem as the number of older people increases. Abstract The ageing population means nurses in all care ...

Patients have been warned against using non-sterile wipes on broken skin and to always follow the advice of community nurses ...

Effective wound care is critical for patients recovering from surgery or managing chronic or non-healing wounds. Advances in treatment have led to the development of skin substitutes—bioengineered or ...

Chronic wound care is at an inflection point. Nearly seven million Americans live with chronic wounds, many tied to diabetes or cardiovascular disease, and that number will rise as the population ages ...