title: Body piercing: what nurse practitioners need to know.
abstract: Body piercing is a growing trend among today's youth. Chances are, nurse practitioners will be in contact with someone who has a body piercing and/or complication relating to piercing. This article includes the history of body piercing, the environment of piercing parlors, the methods commonly used, site-specific explanations of select piercings, complications, treatment and practice implications. Nurse practitioners need to establish collaborative working relationships with their clients as well as those who do the piercings.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Clinical Practice Family Health Program, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, USA. cartwrim@mfldclin.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cartwright
mesh_terms: D003357:Cosmetic Techniques / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011786:Quality Control; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology