The Guideline Project

Project Team The following individuals served as the core project team for the NPUAP. These individuals led small working groups and met with members of the EPUAP Project Team to form the EPUAP-NPUAP Guideline Development Group (GDG). The GDG develops and controls the guideline development process; identifies and shares international evidence and expert opinion on pressure ulcer prevention and treatment; and reviews and approves all recommendations after thorough analysis of supporting evidence and stakeholder comments.

Janet Cuddigan, PhD, RN CWCN, CCCN Co-Chair of NPUAP Project Team Associate Professor University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE, USA jcuddiga@unmc.edu Diane K. Langemo, PhD, RN, FAAN President, NPUAP Co-Chair of NPUAP Project Team University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND, USA dianelangemo@aol.com   Mona M. Baharestani, PhD, ANP CWOCN, CWS Associate Professor East Tennessee University Johnson City, TN, USA baharestani@hotmail.com Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, CD, LD Former President, NPUAP Supreme Care West, LLC Evansville, IN, USA meprdcd@aol.com   Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, CPSN Former President, NPUAP Associate Professor University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE, USA jblack@unmc.edu Evan Call, MS Adjunct Faculty Weber State University Centerville, UT, USA ecall@weber.edu   Medical Consultation provided by Steven B. Black, MD, FACS; plastic surgeon in private practice and Clinical Instructor at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Medicine, Omaha, NE. USA