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Volume 52 - Issue 6 - June, 2006

Department
My Scope of Practice: Appreciating the Process of the Profession
06/01/2006
    The WOCN’s New England Region ET Nurse of the Year for 2000, Kathleen “Kate” Lawrence, RN, MSN, CWOCN, was nominated for “My Scope of Practice” by her colleague and mentor, Nancy Faller, RN, PhD, ET Nurse. The ET nursing practice Nancy...
    The WOCN’s New England Region ET Nurse of the Year for 2000, Kathleen “Kate” Lawrence, RN, MSN, CWOCN, was nominated for “My Scope of Practice” by her colleague and mentor, Nancy Faller, RN, PhD, ET Nurse. The ET nursing practice Nancy...
    The WOCN’s New England...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
New and Revised Overweight and Obesity ICD-9 Codes
06/01/2006
Definitions Overweight: If a person has a body mass index (BMI) between 25 kg/m2 and 29.9 kg/m2 Obesity: If a person has a BMI >30 kg/m2 Morbid obesity: Any person >100 lb overweight     The difference between overweight, obesity,...
Definitions Overweight: If a person has a body mass index (BMI) between 25 kg/m2 and 29.9 kg/m2 Obesity: If a person has a BMI >30 kg/m2 Morbid obesity: Any person >100 lb overweight     The difference between overweight, obesity,...
Definitions Overweight: If a...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
New Products and Industry News
06/01/2006
Company takes over marketing and selling of collagenase ointment     Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex) will begin marketing and selling the Collagenase Santyl® Ointment product line.     The marketing and selling of the ointment builds on the...
Company takes over marketing and selling of collagenase ointment     Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex) will begin marketing and selling the Collagenase Santyl® Ointment product line.     The marketing and selling of the ointment builds on the...
Company takes over marketing and...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Skin Matters: Nursing Assessment of the Integumentary System
06/01/2006
    Assessment provides the practitioner the opportunity to collect information about the patient to lay a foundation for the remainder of the health or condition-related process. Information collection may be comprehensive and/or focused....
    Assessment provides the practitioner the opportunity to collect information about the patient to lay a foundation for the remainder of the health or condition-related process. Information collection may be comprehensive and/or focused....
    Assessment provides the...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
The Ostomy Files: Summer Living with an Ostomy
06/01/2006
    Summer is here. People flock to the beach, languish by the pool, or head out for vacation. However, summer with all its related activities, can be produce a great deal of anxiety for someone living with an ostomy. One of the major...
    Summer is here. People flock to the beach, languish by the pool, or head out for vacation. However, summer with all its related activities, can be produce a great deal of anxiety for someone living with an ostomy. One of the major...
    Summer is here. People flock...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention

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Empirical Studies
An Overview of Dermatological Conditions Commonly Associated with the Patient with Obesity
06/01/2006
   According to 2004 statistics from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, nearly two thirds of US adults are overweight and 30.5% are obese as determined by body mass index (BMI).1 Body mass index is calculated by dividing...
   According to 2004 statistics from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, nearly two thirds of US adults are overweight and 30.5% are obese as determined by body mass index (BMI).1 Body mass index is calculated by dividing...
   According to 2004 statistics...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
Bariatric Surgery: Patient Incision Care and Discharge Concerns
06/01/2006
   Because bariatric surgery provides greater and more durable weight reduction than behavioral and pharmacological interventions for persons who are morbidly obese, the number of operations is increasing in hospitals of all sizes.1 According...
   Because bariatric surgery provides greater and more durable weight reduction than behavioral and pharmacological interventions for persons who are morbidly obese, the number of operations is increasing in hospitals of all sizes.1 According...
   Because bariatric surgery...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Autologous Platelet-Rich Plasma Gel for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers
06/01/2006
   More than 20.8 million persons in the US have diabetes mellitus; 2002 data estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 82,000 lower limb amputations were performed in persons with diabetes.1 Characteristic...
   More than 20.8 million persons in the US have diabetes mellitus; 2002 data estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 82,000 lower limb amputations were performed in persons with diabetes.1 Characteristic...
   More than 20.8 million...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention

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Editorial
Editor`s Opinion: Bigger Than Behavior
06/01/2006
    Contributions to this issue of Ostomy Wound Management include reviews about the effects of obesity on skin and healing as well as results of the first study published to date on incision care and discharge concerns of patients following...
    Contributions to this issue of Ostomy Wound Management include reviews about the effects of obesity on skin and healing as well as results of the first study published to date on incision care and discharge concerns of patients following...
    Contributions to this issue...
06/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention

Department

Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor: Silver: Clarifying the Claims
06/01/2006
Dear Editor,     While we applaud Mr. Brett’s intention (A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41), “the fine line between info-mercial and information”1 may have been...
Dear Editor,     While we applaud Mr. Brett’s intention (A discussion of silver as an antimicrobial agent: alleviating the confusion. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2006;52[1]:34–41), “the fine line between info-mercial and information”1 may have been...
Dear Editor,     While we...
06/01/2006
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