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Empirical Studies

Effectiveness of a Theory-Based Foot Care Education Program on Self-Efficacy and Adaptation in Patients With Diabetes in Turkey: A Randomized Controlled Trial

01/04/2024

Arzu Güngör Tolasa, PhD¹; and Asiye Durmaz Akyol, PhD, RN²

Arzu Güngör Tolasa, PhD1; and Asiye D...

01/04/2024

Wound Management & Prevention

Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor

04/01/2022

Laura Bolton, PhD

Dr Laura Bolton shares her thoughts on the contributions of former clinical editor Lia van Rijswijk, DNP, RN, CWCN.

Dr Laura Bolton shares her...

04/01/2022

Wound Management & Prevention

Empirical Studies

Effect of Preoperative Skin Preparation Methods on Sternotomy Surgical Site Infection Rates: A Quasi-Experimental Study

10/04/2021

Ebru Karazeybek, PhD, RN

Sevilay Şenol Çelik, PhD, RN

Ozan Erbasan, MD

This study aimed to determine the effect of different preoperative skin preparation methods on the rate of SSIs in patients undergoing sternotomy.

This study aimed to determine...

10/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Editorial

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Nursing and Medical Students and the Contagion of Misinformation

10/04/2021

Lia van Rijswijk, DNP, RN, CWCN, Clinical Editor

Just when many of us thought we saw a light at the end of the COVID-19 pandemic tunnel, the rate of immunizations declined and a more contagious variant of the virus found enough susceptible hosts to start another wave of illness and death....

Just when many of us thought we...

10/04/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Upfront With Ostomies

The Value in Becoming a Certified Ostomy Nurse

08/03/2021

Kristy Staebel, MBA, BSN, RN, CWOCN, FACCWS, DAPWCA

Introduction and Closing Remarks by Joanna Burgess-Stocks, BSN, RN, CWOCN

Patients with an ostomy continue to be an underserved population. There are between 725 000 and 1 million people in the United States living with an ostomy or continent diversion, and approximately 100 000 ostomy surgeries are performed each...

Patients with an ostomy continue...

08/03/2021

Wound Management & Prevention

Original Research

Skin Failure Clinical Indicator Scale: Proposal of a Tool for Distinguishing Skin Failure From a Pressure Injury

10/02/2020

Richard Hill

Amy Petersen

The Skin Failure Clinical Indicator Scale (SFCIS), a proposed tool that uses readily available variables to assist in more definitively identifying skin failure, was developed and assessed.

The Skin Failure Clinical...

10/02/2020

Wounds