Volume 57 - Issue 9 - September 2011
Department
09/01/2011
Patient safety has become the catch phrase of the 21st century. Unlike recent decades when the priority seemed to be record-keeping and documentation (in part, to protect providers from litigation), we now are re-defining patient safety in...
Patient safety has become the catch phrase of the 21st century. Unlike recent decades when the priority seemed to be record-keeping and documentation (in part, to protect providers from litigation), we now are re-defining patient safety in...
Patient safety has become the...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2011
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. – Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies
Christy Kroboth, CRNP, WOCN, is not the type of person to let situations get the best of her. She began her medical career when she was 15 years...
Nothing is an obstacle unless you say it is. – Wally Amos, founder of Famous Amos cookies
Christy Kroboth, CRNP, WOCN, is not the type of person to let situations get the best of her. She began her medical career when she was 15 years...
Nothing is an obstacle unless...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
09/01/2011
Ostomy Wound Management will publish The Ostomy Files on an occasional basis to provide information and options for clinicians caring for people with all types of ostomies.
The DialogueStudy1 found that 61% of patients have a peristomal...
Ostomy Wound Management will publish The Ostomy Files on an occasional basis to provide information and options for clinicians caring for people with all types of ostomies.
The DialogueStudy1 found that 61% of patients have a peristomal...
Ostomy Wound Management will...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
PEARLS FOR PRACTICE
09/01/2011
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) increases the ability of the blood to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues. Patients receiving HBOT breathe 100% oxygen while under increased atmospheric pressure, much like scuba diving. HBOT is provided...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) increases the ability of the blood to carry and deliver oxygen to the tissues. Patients receiving HBOT breathe 100% oxygen while under increased atmospheric pressure, much like scuba diving. HBOT is provided...
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2011
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition in which the kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood as well as possible. This damage can cause waste to build up in the body and lead to other health problems, including cardiovascular...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a condition in which the kidneys are damaged and cannot filter blood as well as possible. This damage can cause waste to build up in the body and lead to other health problems, including cardiovascular...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD)...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2011
You already belong to a wound care association. Are you getting what you pay for?
As the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation, the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) provides many financial and...
You already belong to a wound care association. Are you getting what you pay for?
As the leader in interdisciplinary wound healing and tissue preservation, the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) provides many financial and...
You already belong to a wound...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2011
Abstract
Traditional criteria used in selecting wound care interventions are being slowly replaced with an evidence-based practice approach. The value of such an approach for providing optimal care has been established, but the definition...
Abstract
Traditional criteria used in selecting wound care interventions are being slowly replaced with an evidence-based practice approach. The value of such an approach for providing optimal care has been established, but the definition...
Abstract
Traditional criteria...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2011
Abstract
Studies in healthy volunteers and patients with renal failure have shown that vibration, applied with a frequency of 47 Hz and a vibrational intensity of 600 mVpp, increases microcirculation of blood in the skin. This controlled,...
Abstract
Studies in healthy volunteers and patients with renal failure have shown that vibration, applied with a frequency of 47 Hz and a vibrational intensity of 600 mVpp, increases microcirculation of blood in the skin. This controlled,...
Abstract
Studies in healthy...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Case Report
09/01/2011
Abstract
The development of pressure ulcers in acute care settings remains an important concern, especially in high-risk populations such as patients who are critically ill and admitted to an ICU setting. In addition to immobility and...
Abstract
The development of pressure ulcers in acute care settings remains an important concern, especially in high-risk populations such as patients who are critically ill and admitted to an ICU setting. In addition to immobility and...
Abstract
The development of...
09/01/2011
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Letter from the Editor
09/01/2011
At the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Society’s annual gathering this past June, I was somewhat surprised that attendees/Society members were so overwhelmingly grateful for OWM’s coverage of the WOCN’s cycling fundraiser. Why wouldn’t we...
At the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse Society’s annual gathering this past June, I was somewhat surprised that attendees/Society members were so overwhelmingly grateful for OWM’s coverage of the WOCN’s cycling fundraiser. Why wouldn’t we...
At the Wound Ostomy Continence...
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Wound Management & Prevention
