Recently, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility was cited by for pressure ulcer development. Records, as well as observations of the facility’s residents, identified a significant number of newly ...

October 7, 2008 — Editor's note: Presentations regarding pressure ulcers at the National Conference of Gerontological Nurse Practitioners (NCGNP), held from September 25 to 27 in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

Healing of pressure ulcers is more accurately monitored through the Pressure Ulcer Scale for Healing (PUSH Tool) (Stotts et al., 2001). There is a continuing need to communicate about the history of ...

Pressure ulcers progress through several stages. In the early stages, they may barely break the skin. In later stages, they can involve deep wounds and carry a higher risk of complications, like ...

For pressure ulcer hospitalizations, 33.3% went unreported from 2011 through 2017. Overall, the researchers examined records from 13,179 nursing homes and found 131,000 long-stay residents had to be ...

Pressure ulcers are injuries to the skin or the soft tissue under the skin. Healthcare professionals also call them “bedsores” and “decubitus ulcers.” They occur with long lasting pressure on a ...

Hospital patients taking multiple medications may be more likely to develop pressure ulcers irrespective of other risk factors, a new study has shown. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ ...

Researchers at the University of Chicago have found that the number and severity of pressure ulcers suffered by Medicare residents in U.S. nursing homes is substantially underreported, leading to ...