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Volume 52 - Issue 12 - December, 2006

Column

Guest Editorial
12/01/2006
  This issue continues the OWM tradition of focusing the December articles on incontinence and features the work of incontinence specialists, including several of my colleagues. The articles address both urinary and fecal...
  This issue continues the OWM tradition of focusing the December articles on incontinence and features the work of incontinence specialists, including several of my colleagues. The articles address both urinary and fecal...
  This issue continues the OWM...
12/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
12/01/2006
  All butt(ock)s are not created equal and all altered buttock skin integrity is not created equally. Although altered skin integrity on the buttocks is frequently identified as pressure ulcers, other sources must be considered. Unless...
  All butt(ock)s are not created equal and all altered buttock skin integrity is not created equally. Although altered skin integrity on the buttocks is frequently identified as pressure ulcers, other sources must be considered. Unless...
  All butt(ock)s are not created...
12/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention

Feature

Empirical Studies
12/01/2006
  More than 65% of nursing home residents experience some type of urinary incontinence (UI). It is a leading cause of institutionalization second only to dementia.1 In addition to UI, other bladder-related disorders such as urinary retention...
  More than 65% of nursing home residents experience some type of urinary incontinence (UI). It is a leading cause of institutionalization second only to dementia.1 In addition to UI, other bladder-related disorders such as urinary retention...
  More than 65% of nursing home...
12/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention