The Alumni Spotlight page features accomplishments of the members of the NPIAP Alumni Council.

Grants

• Alumna Barbara M. Bates-Jensen, PhD, RN, FAAN, professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), School of Nursing, has been awarded more than $3 million for a new R01 grant by the National Institute of Nursing Research to conduct a 4-year pragmatic, multi-site study of pressure injuries in nursing homes. This study will be conducted across eight nursing homes and will examine the use of subepidermal moisture assessment results as a cue for nursing staff to initiate pressure injury prevention.

Honors

• Alumni and Past President Elizabeth Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, FAAN has been selected to represent the NPIAP and serve as a member of the Guideline Governance Group as work begins on the 2024 International Guideline for the Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Injuries.
• Alumni and Past President Elizabeth Ayello, PhD, MS, BSN, ETN, RN, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN was honored with a Life Achievement Award at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) in Abu Dhabi on March 2, 2022.  Congratulations, Dr. Ayello on this well-deserved recognition.

At the podium

• Several Alumni lectured at the Symposia for Advanced Wound Care (SAWC Fall) in Las Vegas, NV, October 13-16
  • Alumni Diane Krasner, PhD, RN, FAAN, FAAWC, MAPWCA together with Current Board member Lee Ruotsi, MD, ABWMC, CWS-P, UHM presented “You’re Going to be Deposed”
  • Alumni Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN co-presented “Addressing the Wound: A Case-Based Approach to Dressing Selection” and a “Rapid Fire: Elevating Patient through Clinical Conversations”
  • Alumni David Armstrong, DPM, MD, PhD presented a “Rapid Fire: Remote Patient Monitoring for Wounds and Wound Patients”
  • Alumni Sharon Baranoski, MSN, RN, CWCN, CCNS-APN, FAAN co-presented “The Evolution of Skin Tear Research and Best Practice Guidelines”
• The Mideast Region of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society hosted their annual fall conference in Lexington, KY September 22-24 and two NPIAP Alumni presented to those in attendance
  • Alumni Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN presented “New ICD 10-CM Codes for Irritant Contact Dermatitis”
  • Alumni Barbara Pieper, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN, FAAN presented “Injectable Drugs and Wound Care”

• The Northeast Region of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society hosted their annual fall conference in Pocono Mountains, PA December 1-4 and three Alumni will present to those in attendance
  • Alumni Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN will present “New ICD 10-CM Codes for Irritant Contact Dermatitis”
  • Alumni Elizabeth Ayello, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, ETN, FAAN will present “You too can publish: Writing and Publication Tips for WOC Nurses”
  • Alumni Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FAAN will present her work in a talk entitled “Turning and Positioning”
• The Iowa Affiliate of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society hosted their annual fall meeting and a member of the NPIAP Alumni presented her work from the podium in Johnson City, Iowa September 22-23
  • Alumni Margaret Goldberg, MSN, RN, CWOCN presented “How to use the Peristomal Skin Assessment Guide for Consumers”
• The Hawaii Affiliate of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society hosted their annual fall conference in Honolulu, HI on September 30, and a member of the NPIAP Alumni presented to those in attendance in the Wound Track
  • Alumni Laurie McNichol, MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN presented 4 lectures entitled, “New(er) Kids on the Block: MDRPI and MARSI”, “Guidelines to Guide Your Practice”, Identification of Wound Etiology: Assessment is Key” and “Danger in the Wetlands: Moisture Associated Skin Damage”
• Several Alumni spoke at the 2022 Annual Conference in Tampa, and we appreciate their contributions of Time and Talent in lecture preparation and execution
  o Alumni Michelle Deppisch, PT, CWS, FACCWS Pre-Conference, Root Cause Analysis
  o Alumni Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN Prolonged Positions and No Pressure Injuries-How Is that Possible?
  o Alumni Tracey Yap PhD, RN, WCC, CNE, FGSA, FAAN, Luncheon Symposium, Improving Pressure Injury Prevention with Turn Cueing and Automated Documentation
  o Alumni Greg Schultz, PhD The Spectrum of Bioburden in Pressure Injury: Biofilm, Infection and More
  
   

In print

• Alumni Tracey Yap, PhD, RN, CNE, WCC, FGSA, FAAN and Alumni Nancy Bergstrom, PHD, RN, FAAN together with colleagues have published on the topic of varying frequencies of repositioning and their effect on pressure injury prevention in nursing home residents.  See the first citation below and note the upcoming publication in Advances in Skin and Wound Care 
  o Yap TL, Kennerly SM, Horn SD, Bergstrom N, Datta S, Colon-Emeric C. TEAM-UP for quality: a cluster randomized controlled trial protocol focused on preventing pressure ulcers through repositioning frequency and precipitating factors. BMC Geriatr 2018;18(1):54
  o Yap, TL, Horn, SD, Sharkey, PD, Zheng, T, Bergstrom, N, Colon-Emeric, C, Sabol, VK, Alderden, J, Yap, W, Kennerly, SM. Effect of Varying repositioning frequency on pressure injury prevention in nursing home residents: The TEAM-UP randomized clinical trial results. Advances in Skin and Wound Care. 2022; 36(6):1-11
  

• Alumni and Past President Margaret Goldberg, MSN, RN, CWOCN and colleagues published a manuscript on the initial findings from a new ostomy consumer registry. See the citation below
  o Malandrino, R, Goldberg, M, Riemer, M, Salvadalena, G, Urwin, S.J.  Methods and initial findings of the observational study of ostomy consumers registry. Wound Manag Prev. 2022;68(2):23-33.

• Alumni and Past President Diane Langemo, PhD, RN, FAAN and a colleague published a manuscript regarding the topic of skin failure. See the citation below
  o Langemo, D, Parish, LC, The past, present, and future of skin failure, Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 2022;35(2):81-83 doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000803596.89726.6e
• Alumni and Past President Laura Edsberg, PhD together with current board member Jill Cox, PhD, RN, FAAN and another colleague published a manuscript on the topic of pressure injuries in critical care patients.  See the citation below
  o Cox, J, Edsberg, LE; Koloms, K, VanGilder, CA. Pressure injuries in critical care patients in US hospitals, Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing. 2022; 49(1):21-28 doi: 10.1097/WON.0000000000000834
  
  •Alumni and Past President Laurie McNichol MSN, RN, CNS, GNP, CWOCN, CWON-AP, FAAN  together with colleagues drove an initiative to have the CMS and the CDC approve new ICD 10-CM codes for Moisture associated skin damage. The codes became effective in the US on October 1, 2020 and are consistent with codes being used in countries using ICD 11. An introduction to the achievement followed by two manuscripts have been published pertaining to the new codes with Open Access and include guidance for their use. A third publication has been accepted for publication in the May/June issue of the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing with McNichol as the lead author and will also be Open Access. See citations for the first 3 publications below
  o Gray M, Bliss DZ, McNichol L, Cartwright D. View from here: Moisture-associated skin damage: An historic step forward. Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing. 2021; 48(6): 581-3.
  o Bliss DZ, McNichol L, Cartwright D, Gray M. Practice alert: New ICD-10 Codes for MASD. Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing. 2022; 49(1): 15-9.
  o Gray M, Bliss DZ, McNichol L. Moisture-associated skin damage: Expanding and updating practice based on the newest ICD-10 CM codes. Journal of Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing. 2022; 49(2): in press.

• Alumni Nancy Munoz, DCN, MHA, RDN, LDN, FAND and Alumni Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND published in the August 2021 issue of Nutrition in Clinical Practice. Their paper, “Nutrition strategies for pressure injury management: Implementing the 2019 International Clinical Practice Guideline” can be accessed via http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ncp.10762

• Alumni Joyce Stechmiller, PhD, ARNP, FAAN together with her group published in the October issue of Advances in Wound Care. Their paper, “Multidimensional Pain Characteristics in Older Adults with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers” can be accessed via https://doi.org/10.1089/wound.2020.1355

• Alumni Jeffrey Levine,MD had several publications last year, one with Alumni Elizabeth Ayello. Three are listed below:
  • Wound Care Consultation in Postacute/Long-term Care: Characteristics and Practice Implications. Levine JM, Brandeis G, Namagiri S, Spinner R. Advances in Skin & Wound Care 2021; 34: 417–21.
  • Levine JM, Ayello EA, Persaud B, Spinner R. Medical Device-Related Pressure Injury to the Ear from a Mask. Advances in Skin and Wound Care 2021; 34: 380-383.
  • Pressure Injuries and Wound Care. Levine JM. In: Harper GM, Lyons WL, Potter JF, et al, eds. Geriatrics Review Syllabus: A Core Curriculum in Geriatric Medicine, 11th ed. New York, NY: American Geriatrics Society; anticipated publication 2022. [chapters online 2021]; http://geriatricscareonline.org
  • Ratliff, C. R., Goldberg, M., Jaszarowski, K., McNichol, L., Pittman, J., & Gray, M. (2021). Peristomal Skin Health: A WOCN Society Consensus Conference. Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing, 48(3), 219-231.
• Alumni Catherine Ratliff,PhD chaired a WOCN Society Task Force, led a virtual consensus conference and published a manuscript together with Alumni Laurie McNichol, Alumni Margaret Goldberg and other colleagues including current Board member Joy Pittman, PhD on the topic of Peristomal Skin Health. The citation is listed below: