Skin Rounds: A Quality Improvement Approach to Enhance Skin Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages S33-S41

  Nist, Marliese Dion ^a,b   Rodgers, Elizabeth A ^a   Ruth, Brenda M ^a   Bertoni, C Briana ^a   Bartman, Thomas ^a   Keller, Leah A ^a   Dail, James W ^a   Gardikes Gingery, Renee ^a   Shepherd, Edward G ^a,b   Forsythe, Paula L ^a  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neonatal intensive care; neonate; pressure ulcer; quality improvement; skin; skin care; skin team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998727448     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000337     Document Type: Article

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