Starting out - regular patient reassessment is key to achieving care plan goals
Shelley Dalton Nursing student, University of Wolverhampton
Student experiences
Mary was admitted to hospital with faecal impaction and dehydration. She had been diagnosed with bowel cancer. A bowel resection was performed, forming a colostomy for palliative reasons. During her recovery Mary was regularly incontinent of urine and a sacral pressure sore developed.
Nursing Standard.
19, 52, 33-33.
doi: 10.7748/ns.19.52.33.s36
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