Volume 55 - Issue 2 - February, 2009
Literature Review
02/01/2009
Abstract
Pain is an ever-present problem in patients with pressure ulcers. As an advocate for persons with pressure ulcers, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) is concerned about pain. To synthesize available pressure ulcer...
Abstract
Pain is an ever-present problem in patients with pressure ulcers. As an advocate for persons with pressure ulcers, the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) is concerned about pain. To synthesize available pressure ulcer...
Abstract
Pain is an...
02/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
02/01/2009
Abstract
The two-fold purpose of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Braden Scale Training Module is to teach nurses to use the Braden Scale to correctly assess pressure ulcer risk and to effectively plan risk-based prevention...
Abstract
The two-fold purpose of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Braden Scale Training Module is to teach nurses to use the Braden Scale to correctly assess pressure ulcer risk and to effectively plan risk-based prevention...
Abstract
The two-fold purpose...
02/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
02/01/2009
Deep tissue injury (DTI) was first described by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel1 in 2002 as a unique form of pressure ulcers. Little was known about DTI at that time, but its seriousness was evident in case after case. Over...
Deep tissue injury (DTI) was first described by the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel1 in 2002 as a unique form of pressure ulcers. Little was known about DTI at that time, but its seriousness was evident in case after case. Over...
Deep tissue injury (DTI)...
02/01/2009
Wound Management & Prevention
