A systematic approach with lasting benefits: designing and implementing a wound assessment chart.
Applying a systematic approach to wound assessment is known to have long-term advantages. This study describes how two infection control nurses designed and implemented a wound assessment chart, which was intended to produce permanent changes in practice.
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D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*