Preventing skin breakdown in the immobile child in the home care setting

Home Healthcare Nurse

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 248-255

  McCaskey, Marjorie S ^a   Kirk, Lisa ^a   Gerdes, Cathy ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVIEW; SKIN CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WOUND HEALING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; QUADRIPLEGIA; SKIN CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79955119660     PISSN: 0884741X     EISSN: 15390713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NHH.0b013e3182119794     Document Type: Article

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