Development and implementation of a nursing skin care protocol.
More hospitals are using skin ulcer protocols to standardize care for the purpose of enhancing skin ulcer healing and reducing costs. This article outlines the role of the ET nurse in facilitating the development of a nursing protocol specific to an institution's needs. It outlines development of a monitoring tool to assess compliance and discusses the impact such a process had on the nursing and medical staffs in one community teaching hospital.
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