The skin care needs of older people are often neglected or confined to major skin breakdowns, such as leg ulcers. However, clinicians should also pay attention to basic skin care, including the assessment of rashes and the correct use of emollients that can prevent common skin conditions such as dryness, itching and eczema. This article examines the nursing assessment of older people with commo...

Limited evidence-based standards of care exist in the management of irradiated skin; therefore, the development of a skin care protocol is necessary to improve patient outcomes. This article describes the use of the Iowa Model of Evidence-Based Practice to Promote Quality Care as a framework to identify and validate current evidence. The resulting radiation therapy algorithm provided a succinct...

260 WOC nurses highly value skin integrity, and much of our practice is dedicated to the prevention of skin breakdown and the treatment of persons with altered skin integrity. WOC nursing practice incorporates detailed knowledge of the characteristics of wound and skin care products; however, often it is persons with less expertise in skin care who select the products that many health care faci...

OBJECTIVE To ascertain the patient's perspective on dermatologic care provided by primary care providers (PCPs) or dermatologists. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey of patients drawn from primary care and dermatology clinics. SETTING Academic Veterans Affairs medical center. PATIENTS Convenience sample of patients in either a primary care or a dermatology clinic. INTERVENTION Survey questio...

BACKGROUND Improvements in continuum of care (CoC) utilization are needed to address inadequate reductions in neonatal and infant mortality in India and elsewhere. This study examines the effect of Ananya, a health system training and community outreach intervention, on reproductive, maternal and newborn health continuum of care (RMNH CoC) utilization in Bihar, India, and explores whether that ...