Proactive Assessment and Management of At-Risk Patients Reduces Pressure Ulcers and
Saves $11 Million Annually in Two-Hospital System
By Joan McInerney, RN-BC, MSN, CWOCN
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January 2009

 

Practice Recommendations for Preventing Heel Pressure Ulcers (576 KB PDF)
by Evonne Fowler, RN,CNS, CWOCN; Suzy Scott-Williams, MSN, RN, CWOCN; and
James B. McGuire, DPM, PT, CPed, CWS, FAPWC

October 2008

 

Diabetic Skin Care
September 2008

 

York, PA USA newspaper – "Doctor: Neglect was cause of Lieben's death"
September 2008

 

Manchester, England U.K. newspaper – "Great-grandmother 'died' from ulcer"
September 2008

 

Earn CE Credits (fee required) while learning more about heel pressure ulcers (PrU)
August 2008

 

Independent Research Offers Insight on Heel Pressure Ulcer Prevalence, Prevention, and Treatment
December 2007

 

LookSmart's FindArticles - Preventing heel pressure ulcers
Nursing, Nov 2004, by Black, Joyce

 

Penny Wise and Pound Foolish: Controlling the Cost of Heel Pressure Ulcers (36 KB PDF)
by Denis B. Drennan MD

 

NEW CMS Nursing Home Pressure Ulcer Guidelines (4.6 MB PDF)
(CMS Appendix PP Tag 314)

 

Amputation versus Conservative Treatment of a Stage IV Pressure Ulcer (356 KB PDF)
by Nicole L. Sender RN, DNS, University Place Care Center, Tacoma, WA and
Linda Manning PT, CWS, Physiotherapy Associates, Lakewood, WA

 

Heelift® Suspension Boot Performance Evaluation (24 KB PDF)
by DM Systems, Inc.

 

Preventing Heel Ulcers in Hip Fracture Patients (104 KB PDF)
by Theda Bordner, MSN, RN

 

HEEL ULCERS ARE PREVENTABLE! (472 KB PDF)
by Denis B. Drennan MD

 

Heelift® Boots Plus Computers Save Heels (36 KB PDF)
by Joan A. McInerney, MSN, RN, BC, CWOCN and Sandra K. Wheeler, BSN, RN, CWOCN
NCH Healthcare System, Naples, FL