Context for practice: foot and nail care, moisture-associated skin damage, telemedicine for wound care and benchmarking pressure ulcer prevalence.

摘要

This issue of the Journal covers a variety of novel topics, including a description of the clinical and professional aspects of certified foot and nail care, and the first of a 3-article installment reviewing the pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, assessment, and management of common forms of moisture-associated skin damage. Added to this are cutting-edge articles focusing on benchmarking pressure ulcer prevalence and its impact on quality improvement policies in a local facility, clinical reliability of a wound measurement device, use of disposable absorbent products for fecal incontinence and you have all of the elements of a must-read issue of the premiere journal for wound, ostomy and continence nursing.