Get the picture! Developing a wound photography competency for home care nurses

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-177

  Buckley, Kathleen M ^a,b   Adelson, Linda Koch ^b   Hess, Cathy Thomas ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b Adventist Home Health   (United States)

^c Wound Care Strategies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CURRICULUM; E-MAIL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NURSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20444495977     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00152192-200505000-00005     Document Type: Article

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