nursing care

Empirical Studies

The Development and Effectiveness of a Care Protocol Using the Stevens Star Model of Knowledge Transformation in Female Patients With Stress Incontinence: An Experimental Study

03/02/2021

Emel Gülnar, PhD, RN

Nurcan Çalişkan, PhD, RN

Care provided according to this stress incontinence care protocol reduced the quantity and frequency of stress incontinence and improved pelvic muscle exercise self-efficacy and quality of life.

Care provided according to this...

03/02/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Telemedicine in Patients With an Ostomy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Observational Study

01/06/2021

Vincenza Paola Dinuzzi, MD

Giuseppe Palomba, MD

Maria Minischetti, RN

Alfonso Amendola, MD

Pierluigi Aprea, MD

Gaetano Luglio, MD

Giovanni Domenico De Palma, MD

Giovanni Aprea, MD, PhD

This study describes the experience of the Stoma Care Center of the University Hospital Federico II, Naples, Italy, before and during the COVID-19 lockdown.

This study describes the...

01/06/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Pilot Initiative

Implementing a Pressure Injury Prevention Bundle to Decrease Hospital-Acquired Pressure Injuries in an Adult Critical Care Unit: An Evidence-Based, Pilot Initiative

10/01/2020

Julie Rivera, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN

Erin Donohoe, MSN, RN, NPD-BC, CWOCN

Mary Deady-Rooney, MSN, RN, CCRN, NEA-BC

Maxine Douglas, MSN, RN, CCRN

Nyishah Samaniego, MSN, CEN, TCRN, NE-BC

Spearheaded by the wound, ostomy, and continence nurses and supported by management and members of the patient care teams, this pressure injury prevention bundle was successfully implemented, and the incidence of pressure injuries was reduced.

Spearheaded by the wound,...

10/01/2020

Wound Management & Prevention