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Why Skin Tears Are a Big Deal

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Skin tears are the most common skin injury in the older population, but can occur in patients of all ages. It's important that clinicians are skilled at identifying individualized risk factors, interventions for prevention and the application of the most appropriate topical treatment.

Submitted by Donna Boyer, RN, WCC

Clinical Nursing: Keeping Your Skills In-Tune

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The primary duty of every nurse is the assessment of a patient’s physical and emotional well-being. This basic-skill learned in the very first nursing class is the one skill and primary duty the nurse will use every day with his and/or her patients.

Submitted by Dr. Gary D. Goldberg, PhD

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