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Pressure Ulcer Management
- MedlinePlus: Preventing Pressure Ulcers
- NPIAP White Papers
- Skin Manifestations with COVID-19: The Purple Skin and Toes that you are seeing may not be Deep Tissue Pressure Injury.
- Do Lift Slings Significantly Change the Efficacy of Therapeutic Support Surfaces?
- Avoidable/Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers – 2014
- Friction Induced Skin Injuries – Are They Pressure Ulcers?
- The Role of Nutrition for Pressure Ulcer Management
- Pressure Ulcer Pain
- Deep Tissue Injury
- Pediatric Pressure Ulcers
- Pressure Ulcers in Individuals Receiving Palliative Care
- NPIAP Position Statements
- NPIAP Position Statements On Preventing Injury With N95 Masks (NEW)
- Pressure Injury Staging – 2017 Clarifications
- Hand Check Method: Is it an Effective Method to Monitor for Bottoming Out?
- Pressure Ulcers with Exposed Cartilage Are Stage IV Pressure Ulcers
- Staging Pressure Ulcers
- Mucosal Pressure Ulcers
- Reverse Staging
- NPIAP Resources (may be subject to fees for use)
Wound & Ostomy Care
Professional Practice
- WOCN Certification
- Competency and WOC Nursing
- Magnet Recognition & Role of the WOC Nurse
- WOC Nurse Education & Certification Role of WOC Nurse or Continence Care Nurse
- Role & Scope Practice: Wound Care Providers
Educational Opportunities
- Emory University School of Medicine – WOC Nursing Education Center
- Cleveland Clinic – R. B. Turnbull, Jr. M.D. WOC Nursing Education Program
- webWOC Nursing Education Program
Additional Wound Care Organizations
- Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly AHCPR)
- American Board of Wound Management (ABWM)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
- European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel-EPUAP
- International Wound Infection Institute
- National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel
- NIH’s MedlinePlus Health Information
- The Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC)
- Wounds Australia
- WoundsCanada
- Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society (WOCN)
- Wounds International