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Use of Hydrocolloid Dressings in Preventing Pressure Ulcers in High-risk Patients: a Retrospective Cohort

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2018
Objective. This work sought to evaluate the association between using preventive hydrocolloid dressings and the onset of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Methods.
Olga Lucía Cortés   +5 more
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Skin tears flap management in patient affected by dermatoporosis

open access: yesSenses and Sciences, 2018
BACKGROUND Dermatoporosis is the chronic cutaneous atrophy syndrome that makes the skin particularly fragile and it is the main risk factor in the onset of skin tears (ST). The syndrome is still little known in our country and the particularity acquired
Elena Toma, Lucia Filomeno
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Specialist liaison nurses

open access: yesBMJ, 1999
General practice p 706 The number and the roles of clinical nurse specialists continue to increase in many areas of health care, despite limited evidence about their use. Some see the role as a threat to generalist nurses1 or even to primary care physicians.
Hobbs, R, Murray, E
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Knowledge: disease process in patients undergoing hemodialysis

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2018
Objective. To identify the relationship between socioeconomic variables and nursing outcome indicators Knowledge: disease process. Methods. This is a cross-sectional study involving 51 patients undergoing hemodialysis at a public nephrology hospital in ...
Jeysse Karla de Araújo Ferreira   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Probe into the training mode of clinical nurse specialists in China

open access: yesBIO Web of Conferences, 2017
Overview of the clinical nurse specialist development history, current situation and training mode, and according to the current situation of the development clinical nursing specialist in China, proposed the convergence of clinical nurse specialist and ...
Zhang Yukun, Song Yan
doaj   +1 more source

Is seeing a specialist nurse associated with positive experiences of care? The role and value of specialist nurses in prostate cancer care

open access: yesBMC Health Services Research, 2008
Background Specialist nurses may play an important role in helping to improve the experiences of patients with prostate cancer, however there is concern that the specialist nurse role is under threat in the UK due to financial pressures in the NHS.
Agarwal Shona   +3 more
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Relationship between Dietary Intake of Antioxidant (Vitamins C, E, and Selenium) with Semen Quality [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة الموصل للتمريض, 2015
Background and aim: oxidative stress is detrimental to semen quality and has a significant role in the etiology of male subfertility. This study aimed at examine the relationship between dietary intake of antioxidant (vitamins c, e, and selenium) with ...
Khaeria Hussein Al Jebory   +1 more
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Risk assessment for Japanese encephalitis vaccination

open access: yesHuman Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is the most commonly diagnosed viral encephalitis in Asia. JE is caused by a virus called JE virus (JEV), a member of the genus Flavivirus, family Flaviviridae, and is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes.
Lance Turtle, Carolyn Driver
doaj   +1 more source

Improved wound bed preparation using a mono-use disposable hydrodebridement tool - case studies

open access: yesSenses and Sciences, 2018
Background. Wound preparation and cleanliness represent the first steps towards effective healing. Debridement can be the most traumatic procedure for the patient when wound dressing is being carried out.
Elena Toma, Erika Renzi
doaj   +1 more source

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