Volume 52 - Issue 8 - August, 2006
Feature
Empirical Studies
08/01/2006
Intact skin provides a physical barrier to the ingress of micro-organisms. When skin is wounded, micro-organisms from the surrounding skin, other body sites, or exogenous sources have access to a warm, moist environment. Whether organisms...
Intact skin provides a physical barrier to the ingress of micro-organisms. When skin is wounded, micro-organisms from the surrounding skin, other body sites, or exogenous sources have access to a warm, moist environment. Whether organisms...
Intact skin provides a...
08/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Editorial
08/01/2006
Nothing in nature is isolated. Nothing is without reference to something else. Nothing achieves meaning apart from that which neighbors it. — Goethe (1749–1832)
When the goal is better patient care, understanding theories, concepts, and...
Nothing in nature is isolated. Nothing is without reference to something else. Nothing achieves meaning apart from that which neighbors it. — Goethe (1749–1832)
When the goal is better patient care, understanding theories, concepts, and...
Nothing in nature is isolated....
08/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
08/01/2006
One of the greatest challenges ostomy care clinicians face is the management of high-output fecal stomas. Not only are they frustrating for the clinician, but they also create significant quality-of-life issues for the patient. For example,...
One of the greatest challenges ostomy care clinicians face is the management of high-output fecal stomas. Not only are they frustrating for the clinician, but they also create significant quality-of-life issues for the patient. For example,...
One of the greatest challenges...
08/01/2006
Wound Management & Prevention
