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 Nursing Resources - Integumentary
Professional Organization Links:

International Skincare Nursing Group
Dermatology Nurses' Association
Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society

Overview and General Topics

 
Integumenary review, health assessment - book chapter [1] .pdf
Layers of the skin - flash video
The skin - flash video

 

Assessments

 
Calling on NERDS for critically colonized wounds - non healing wound assessment
New 2007 Stages of Pressure ulcers -
New and improved: 2007 pressure ulcer definitions - with pictures
Chronic Wound Healing - Nursing professor's site on assessment and treatment

 

Patient Care
 
Wounds in Surgical Patients Who Are Obese - includes other considerations for obese patients 
Preventing and Treating Skin Tears -
Dressings: cutting and application guide -
World Wide Wounds - web site all about wound care -

 
 
Related Diseases & Conditions

 

Burns 

 

Skin Ulcers

 

Ostomy

 

Wound Care


 
Refrences

[1] Rhoads J. (2005). Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning , LWW [Eletronic version]. Retrieved <today>, from http://connection.lww.com/products/rhoads/documents/pdf/2793-05_CH05rev.pdf

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