Context for WOC practice: chewing gum for postoperative ileus, best practices for enterocutaneous fistula, postpartum urinary incontinence, and more.

摘要

This issue of the Journal continues our practice of covering a broad range of clinical topics relevant to WOC nursing practice, including chewing gum for shortening the duration of postoperative ileus in patients undergoing ostomy surgery, pressure ulcer risk factors in ancillary hospital-based services, descending mediastinitis with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, assessment and management of moist painful peris-tomal skin, complications in patients living with end colostomy, best practice recommendations for managing an enterocutaneous fistula, postpartum urinary incontinence, and combined behavioral and pharmacologic treatment of over-active bladder in elderly persons. Professional practice topics are also prominently featured, including techniques for synthesizing evidence in order to determine best practice, incident to services, and networking in a global community.