Volume 49 - Issue 6 - June, 2003
Feature
Empirical Studies
06/01/2003
Pressure ulcer prevalence varies by setting, but recent data suggest it may as high as 17% in acute care, 28% in long-term care, and 29% in home care settings.1 Regardless of the type of patient care environment, pressure ulcers are a...
Pressure ulcer prevalence varies by setting, but recent data suggest it may as high as 17% in acute care, 28% in long-term care, and 29% in home care settings.1 Regardless of the type of patient care environment, pressure ulcers are a...
Pressure ulcer prevalence...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
06/01/2003
Skin graft donor sites frequently are more painful after surgery than the areas receiving the skin grafts. Bleeding may occur from the donor sites, and dressing changes may cause even more pain. Donor sites may heal slowly and become...
Skin graft donor sites frequently are more painful after surgery than the areas receiving the skin grafts. Bleeding may occur from the donor sites, and dressing changes may cause even more pain. Donor sites may heal slowly and become...
Skin graft donor sites...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
06/01/2003
The skin is the body's largest organ and performs many important functions, including protection against infectious pathogens, ultraviolet light, noxious substances, and fluid/electrolyte loss; thermoregulation; sensation; metabolism (eg,...
The skin is the body's largest organ and performs many important functions, including protection against infectious pathogens, ultraviolet light, noxious substances, and fluid/electrolyte loss; thermoregulation; sensation; metabolism (eg,...
The skin is the body's...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2003
Skin care product line expanded
Span-America (Greenville, SC) announced a new addition to its Selan® family of skin care products. New Selan+ Herbal is a zinc oxide barrier cream enhanced with tea tree oil, a safe natural plant extract...
Skin care product line expanded
Span-America (Greenville, SC) announced a new addition to its Selan® family of skin care products. New Selan+ Herbal is a zinc oxide barrier cream enhanced with tea tree oil, a safe natural plant extract...
Skin care product line...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2003
Spring is a prime season for medical symposia. National and international multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and associated industry types gather to learn about the latest developments in wound, ostomy, and continence care in a...
Spring is a prime season for medical symposia. National and international multidisciplinary healthcare professionals and associated industry types gather to learn about the latest developments in wound, ostomy, and continence care in a...
Spring is a prime season for...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2003
Now is the only time over which we have dominion. - Leo Tolstoy
Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity to heal. - A Course in Miracles
Pain. Ask any patient, clinician, or human being for that matter, and you...
Now is the only time over which we have dominion. - Leo Tolstoy
Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity to heal. - A Course in Miracles
Pain. Ask any patient, clinician, or human being for that matter, and you...
Now is the only time over...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
06/01/2003
For 6 years in the early 1990s, Canada had no enterostomal therapy training program. Former programs in Sherbrooke, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver (two taught in French, two in English - one of each language hospital-based and...
For 6 years in the early 1990s, Canada had no enterostomal therapy training program. Former programs in Sherbrooke, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver (two taught in French, two in English - one of each language hospital-based and...
For 6 years in the early...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
06/01/2003
This we know: The Queen "Mum" had one - as did Senator Hubert Humphrey, Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, and actress Loretta Young.
Contemporary notables include Rolf Benirschke, Pope John Paul II, actress Barbara Barrie,...
This we know: The Queen "Mum" had one - as did Senator Hubert Humphrey, Speaker of the House Thomas "Tip" O'Neill, and actress Loretta Young.
Contemporary notables include Rolf Benirschke, Pope John Paul II, actress Barbara Barrie,...
This we know: The Queen "Mum"...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
06/01/2003
As a registered nurse case manager with a hospital-affiliated wound management program in central Pennsylvania, my responsibilities include care coordination as well as clinical care. I chose nursing because of its diversity and many...
As a registered nurse case manager with a hospital-affiliated wound management program in central Pennsylvania, my responsibilities include care coordination as well as clinical care. I chose nursing because of its diversity and many...
As a registered nurse case...
06/01/2003
Wound Management & Prevention
