Managing skin care with the CareMap system.
In the last three decades, WOC nursing has evolved into on increasingly complex practice. The CareMap is a tool designed to assist in management of patient care. This article defines the CareMap system and describes the development, implementation, and pilot evaluation of a skin care pathway created with the CareMap at Western Pennsylvania Hospital.
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Center for Case Management, South Natick, Massachusetts, USA.
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Vanderbilt
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D001458:Bandages; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009720:Nurse Clinicians; D009731:Nursing Audit; D009737:Nursing Records; D010865:Pilot Projects; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D017592:Skin Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing