Volume 53 - Issue 2 - February, 2007

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Empirical Studies

A Prospective, Descriptive Pressure Ulcer Risk Factor and Prevalence Study at a University Hospital in Turkey

02/01/2007

Introduction Despite advances in medicine, surgery, and nursing care, pressure ulcers continue to be a common healthcare problem among hospitalized patients,1,2 causing pain, suffering, and frustration. Pressure ulcers increase the...

Introduction Despite advances...

02/01/2007

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Intraoperatively Acquired Pressure Ulcers: Are There Common Risk Factors?

02/01/2007

Introduction Descriptive studies1-4 related to contributory factors in pressure ulcers conducted in long-term care and acute care settings have led to the development of many well-known skin risk assessment tools (ie, Gosnell’s Assessment...

Introduction Descriptive...

02/01/2007

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Pressure Ulcers and Other Chronic Wounds in Patients with and Patients without Cancer: A Retrospective, Comparative Analysis of Healing Patterns

02/01/2007

Introduction More than 10 million Americans are living with cancer.1 Five years after diagnosis, 64% of individuals with cancer are alive; 61% of cancer survivors are 65 years or older. One in every six Americans 65 years or older is a...

Introduction More than 10...

02/01/2007

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Evaluating the Implementation and Outcomes of the Saskatchewan Pressure Ulcer Guidelines in Long-Term Care Facilities

02/01/2007

Introduction Pressure ulcers represent a burden of illness for patients and residents in a variety of healthcare settings in Canada as well as a considerable cost to the healthcare system. Few studies have measured the prevalence of...

Introduction Pressure ulcers...

02/01/2007

Wound Management & Prevention

Column

Guest Editorial

Guest Editorial: A Timely and Timeless Event

02/01/2007

The National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) is an independent, not-for-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting evidenced-based care for pressure ulcers. Formed in 1987, the NPUAP is composed of a multidisciplinary...

The National Pressure Ulcer...

02/01/2007

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Column

The Ostomy Files: Snow Birding: Traveling with an Ostomy

02/01/2007

February is the month when Old Man Winter plays hardball. Many people living in northern climates choose this time of year to pack up and travel south to escape cabin fever, the cold, the wind, gray skies, and a depressive condition called...

February is the month when Old...

02/01/2007

Wound Management & Prevention

Department

My Scope of Practice: At the Center of a Center of Excellence

02/01/2007

Inspired by the final words of her father and later validated by her dying brother’s support for what he called “her gift,” Cathleen (“Cathy”) Markley, RN, BS, CWOCN, pursued a career in nursing and nurtured an interest in patients with...

Inspired by the final words of...

02/01/2007

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Use of a New Dressing Protocol in Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds on Homebound Patients: A Retrospective Study

Study to determine if the use of a new dressing protocol applied by advanced practice certified wound care nurses at the patient’s residence could be effective in rapid wound resolution.

Understanding Moisture-associated Skin Damage and Best Practice Recommendations

Special Report on MASD written by Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA; Siobhan McCoulough, CNS; and Patricia Idensohn, CNS.

Gelling Fiber Dressings: How Structure and Function Relate to Healing

Biomedical engineer Amit Gefen, BSc, MSc, PhD, discusses dressings in general and gelling dressings in particular from an engineering and clinical use perspective.

The Wound Hygiene Protocol: An Expert Challenge of Complex Wounds

The supplement provides a brief overview of the Wound Hygiene Protocol, developed by ConvaTec, as well as a series of clinical cases presented by experts in their respective fields. These clinical cases challenge the reader to consider how to best approach the reported wound cases.

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