Using behavior modification to promote wound healing.
Successfully caring for patients with wounds under PPS demands that current practice approaches must change. Instead of focusing on dressings and techniques alone, this article describes how first addressing patients' psychological readiness for change can move them quickly to self-care and enhance wound healing, which results in cost savings and better outcomes.
Rivera
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Visiting Nurse Service of New York, 1250 Broadway, New York, New York 10001, USA. ERivera@vnsny.org
Walsh
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Bradley
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D001294:Attitude to Health; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014945:Wound Healing