title: OASIS skin and wound integumentary assessment items: applying the WOCN guidance document.
abstract: This supplement provides home care nurses, therapists, and clinical managers a tool for understanding of how the Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses (WOCN) Guidance Document on OASIS Skin and Wound Status M0 Items 2001 should be used. The supplement is a pictorial guide that clarifies definitions by linking them to photos using the skin integrity OASIS M0 items as an outline. The additional visual cues enable the clinician to clearly observe subtle characteristics that lead to a more reliable OASIS score and appropriate reimbursement by choosing the correct Home Health Resource Group (HHRG).
authors.affiliation: Silver Cross Hospital, Joliet, IL, USA. sbaranoski@silvercross.org
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baranoski
authors.forename: Kathi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thimsen
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010030:Ostomy / Q000451:nursing; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*