WOCN Society Position Paper: Avoidable Versus Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers/Injuries

Shawneen Schmitt1, Marti K Andries, Patti M Ashmore

  • 1Shawneen Schmitt, MSN, MS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN, FACCWS, Froedtert Health-CHD-Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. Marti K. Andries, MSN, ANP-BC, FNP-BC, CWCN-AP, Central Control, Inc, Pineville, Louisiana. Patti M. Ashmore, BSN, RN, CWOCN, Wound, Ostomy, Continence Care Nurse Consultant and Educator, Evans, Georgia. Glenda Brunette, MSN, RN, CWON, Wound & Ostomy Nurse, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina. Kathleen Judge, MSN, RN, APN-C, NP-C, NEA-BC, ACNS-BC, CWON-AP, CCCN, Virtua Health, Voorhees, New Jersey. Phyllis A. Bonham, PhD, MSN, RN, CWOCN, DPNAP, FAAN, Professor Emerita, Medical University of South Carolina, College of Nursing, Charleston, South Carolina.

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