geriatric

Review

Itching for Knowledge About Wound and Scar Pruritus

01/08/2018

Laura K.S. Parnell

A brief overview of itch receptors and pathways is provided to help the reader better understand the complexity of the resultant itch sensation. Also, some nonpharmacological and pharmacological antipruritic therapies and their mechanisms of...

A brief overview of itch...

01/08/2018

Wounds

Quality Improvement

Improving Communication About Constipation in a Long-Term Care Setting by Using the Bristol Stool Scale

08/15/2016

Jagruti R Patel, RPh

Angela S Chen, PharmD

Nathan P Fewel, PharmD

Eileen M Stock, PhD

The pilot quality improvement project looked at using the Bristol stool scale to improve communication with long-term care patients regarding constipation.

The pilot quality improvement...

08/15/2016

Annals of Long-Term Care