title: The art of skin and wound care documentation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To provide physicians and nurses with an overview of strategies for descriptive documentation of skin and wound assessments and interventions.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in learning about strategies for documenting skin and wound assessments and interventions.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  After reading the article and taking the test, the participant should be able to: 1. Describe documentation related to the use of risk assessment and manual assessment tools. 2. Describe documentation related to the use of skin and wound assessment tools.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Operations, Wound Care Strategies Inc, Harrisburg, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Cathy Thomas
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Hess
mesh_terms: D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D008318:Malpractice; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D017592:Skin Care; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000473:pathology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*