The skin integrity team at the Nassau University Medical Center meets on a monthly basis to share new trends and updates in wound care. Skin integrity nurses report data pertinent to specific unit’s performance on pressure ulcers. The team has made a commitment in 2010 to reduce the Pressure Ulcer Incidence Rate to Near Zero.
From left: Therese Laguerre Judith McIntosh, Kathy Skarka, Joann Kurtz, Janice Pateres, Donna Hangan, Faith Grinage, Louis Riina, MD, Lilibeth Acero, Tracy Lyons, Amy Pakes,
Seated from left: Nina Gavan, Carol Scotti, Glenda Thomas, Laura Haufler, and Terri Green