PRESSURE ULCERS & SKIN TEARS
Patient and Family Resources
- Aging in the Know: Your Gateway to Health and Aging Resources on the Web. Created by the American Geriatrics Society Foundation for Health in Aging (FHA) http://www.healthinaging.org/agingintheknow/
- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR now AHRQ) Supported Clinical Guidelines: (1992). Preventing pressure ulcers: A patient's guide. Consumer Guideline Number 3, Publication Number 92-0048. Retrieved June 9, 2004. (1994). Treating pressure sores, Consumer Guideline. Number 15, Publication Number 95-0654. Retrieved June 9, 2004.
- National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP) (PDF). Resources: Retrieved June 9, 2004
- The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) Nursing Best Practice Guidelines (NBPG) Project. Best practice guideline: Risk assessment and prevention of pressure ulcers. Retrieved June 9, 2004.
- Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- National Institutes of Health Information
- U.S. National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health: Medline Plus. Links to multiple governmental, private, and professional pressure ulcer web sites.
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- Prentiss Care Networks Project (Care Networks for Formal and Informal Caregivers of Older Adults) http://caregiving.case.edu
Last updated - November 2005
- Assessment Tools
- Continuing Education Opportunities
- Government Information Agencies
- Journal Articles
- Patient and Family Resources
- Regulatory/Authoritative Sites
- Related Professional Organizations
- Text Books (chapters)
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