The value and role of skin and nail assessment in the critically ill

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 80-85

  Massey, Debbie ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical assessment; Holistic care; Nail and hair assessment; Skin; Systemic disease

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NAIL; NAIL DISEASE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN DISEASE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NAIL DISEASES; NAILS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKIN; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33645941526     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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