Wound management in vulnerable populations.
While wound management is a significant challenge for many rehabilitation patients, vulnerable populations are at particular risk. In addition, considerable focus is being placed on vulnerable populations within health care. Rehabilitation nurses should understand issues related to working with vulnerable patients with wounds, including poverty and payment for care, culture, and literacy. Nursing research to advance the care of individuals from vulnerable populations requires a special approach designed to establish the integrity of the research and gain the trust of potential participants.
Pieper
Barbara
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College of Nursing, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. bapieper@comcast.net
D003469:Culture; D004522:Educational Status; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D011203:Poverty; D019145:Rehabilitation Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D014481:United States; D035862:Vulnerable Populations; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000191:economics / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*