She teaches critical care nursing to undergraduates and quality improvement and outcomes research to graduate students. Prof. Cuddigan is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel. She has been involved in the development of evidence-based guidelines for pressure ulcers since the AHCPR Pressure Ulcer Guidelines published in 1992. Prof. Cuddigan was a Co-Chair of the NPUAP-EPUAP Guideline Development Group and the Editor-in-Chief of the 2009 International Pressure Ulcer Guideline. She served as a member of the NPUAP-EPUAP-PPPIA Guideline Development Group for the 2014 International Pressure Ulcer Guideline. Prof. Cuddigan received the NPUAP Kosiak Award for Leadership in Pressure Ulcer Research, Practice, Education and Public Policy in 2011, and the 2015 NPUAP President’s Recognition Award.