Protocol for the Development of the Fourth Edition of the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Ulcers/Injuries:...

Emily Haesler¹, Janet Cuddigan, Keryln Carville+11

• ¹Emily Haesler, PhD, BN, PGDip Adv Nurs (Gerontics), is Adjunct Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, and Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria. Janet Cuddigan, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Also at Curtin University, Keryln Carville, PhD, RN, STN (Cred), is Professor, Primary Health Care and Community. Zena Moore, PhD, is Chair in Nursing, Head of the School of Nursing & Midwifery, and Director of the Skin Wounds and Trauma Research Centre, Research College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. Jan Kottner, PhD, is Professor of Nursing Science, Charité-Universitäts Medizin Berlin, Germany. Elizabeth A. Ayello, PhD, RN, CWON, FAAN, is Faculty Emeritus, Excelsior University School of Nursing, Albany, New York and President, Ayello Harris & Associates, Inc, Copake, New York. Dan Berlowitz, MD, MPH, is Professor, University of Massachusetts Lowell. Althea Carruth, PhD, MBA, BSc (Hons), DPM, is Principle Podiatrist, Lake Dunstan Podiatry, Cromwell, Otago, New Zealand. Chang Yee Yee, WOCN, is Nurse Clinician, Dover Park Hospice, Singapore. Jill Cox, PhD, RN, APN-c, CWOCN, FAAN, is Clinical Professor, Rutgers University School of Nursing, Newark, New Jersey, and Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Advanced Practice Nurse, Englewood Health, Englewood, New Jersey. Sue Creehan, MSN, RN, CWON, is Independent Wound Nurse Consultant, Midlothian, Virginia. Jane Nixon, MBE, PhD, MA, RGN, is Professor of Tissue Viability and Clinical Trials Research, University of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Hau Lan Ngan, MN, RN, ET, CLT, is Nurse Consultant, Stoma and Wound Care, Kowloon East Cluster, Hospital Authority, Hong Kong. Katrin Balzer, PhD, is Full Professor, Evidence-based Nursing, and Head of Nursing Research Unit, Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Lübeck, Germany. Acknowledgments: Development of this protocol and the guideline work are supported by the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel, and Pan Pacific Pressure Injury Alliance. The authors have disclosed no other financial relationships related to this article. Submitted July 31, 2023; accepted in revised form October 6, 2023.