Under Pressure! Insights on Treating and Preventing Pressure Injuries

Cathy is an Advanced Practice Wound, Ostomy, and Continence (WOC) Nurse providing care to patients across the continuum in acute care, long-term care, home health, and outpatient settings. Employed by Connecticut Clinical Nursing Associates, she also provides consulting to organizations wishing to improve wound outcomes, conducts clinical research, lectures nationally and internationally, is the Co-Editor of the text Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Secrets, and provides clinical support to Wound Reference.com. An active member of the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, Cathy currently serves as a Nurse Board Member. Additionally, she serves as an Adjunct Clinical Professor at the Yale School of Nursing.

Amanda Estapa, ACNP, CWS, DAPWCA, is the Vice President of Clinical Services for Medcentris, LLC. Amanda earned her Master of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner in 2004. She is a Certified Wound Specialist® and a diplomate of the American Professional Wound Care Association®. Her experience includes years of surgical critical care before narrowing her practice to focus on her passion for wound medicine in 2010. She has worked throughout the continuum of care in the acute, long-term, hyperbaric, and outpatient wound care settings.