title: Skin and skin substitutes--an overview.
authors.affiliation: Susan Daugherty, BA, BSN, RN, WCC, CWOCN, CPSN, is a member of ASPSN and the Professional Practice Committee. Susan is currently employed by Wells Plastic Surgery, Caretenders, and she is the owner and president of EliteCARE, LLC. The author has not received any funding for writing this article. Marcia Spear, DNP, ACNP-BC, CWS, CPSN, CANS, received her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Vanderbilt University School of Nursing and is faculty at both the School of Medicine and School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University. She also teaches undergraduate nursing students at the Jeannette Rudy School of Nursing at Cumberland University. She has more than 25 years of experience in plastic surgery and wound care and is presently working as a nurse practitioner and Certified Wound Specialist for the Department of Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Daugherty
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spear
mesh_terms: D064591:Allografts / Q000502:physiology; D000075202:Contraindications; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D064593:Heterografts / Q000502:physiology; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D017768:Skin, Artificial / Q000145:classification* / Q000266:history; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*