Staging and defining characteristics of pressure ulcers using photographs by staff nurses in acute care settings

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 150-156

  Jesada, Elizabeth C ^a   Warren, Joan I ^a   Goodman, Dorothy ^b   Iliuta, Ruth W ^a   Thurkauf, Gail ^b   McLaughlin, Maureen K ^b   Johnson, Joyce E ^c   Strassner, Larry ^a  

^a Franklin Square Hospital Center   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

digital photography; inter rater reliability; pressure ulcers; staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECUBITUS; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING DISCIPLINE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESSURE ULCER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN CARE; SPECIALTIES, NURSING;

EID: 84875129872     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WON.0b013e31828093a4     Document Type: Article

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